Financing the growth of SMEs in Africa: What are the contraints to SME financing within ECOWAS?

Examines small medium enterprise (SME) financing within the Economic Community of West African States

From:: Department for International Development
Published: 1 June 2017

Document Type:: Journal Article
Theme:: Economic Growth
Authors:: Quartey, P, Turkson, E, Abor, Joshua Y, Iddrisu, Abdul Malik

Abstract

This study attempts to provide some understanding about SMEs’ access to finance within the West African sub-region with particular interest in establishing whether there are similarities and/or differences in the determinants of SMEs access to finance across countries in SSA.

This is an output from the ‘Delivering Inclusive Financial Development and Growth’ project led by the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.

Citation

Peter Quartey, Ebo Turkson, Joshua Y. Abor, Abdul Malik Iddrisu. Financing the growth of SMEs in Africa: What are the contraints to SME financing within ECOWAS?, Review of Development Finance, Volume 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 18-28, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rdf.2017.03.001.