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

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