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4. Coping with Falling Oil Prices: The Different Fortunes of African Banks

Author

Gueye, Cheikh A., Mbelu, Asithandile, Sy, Amadou, Gueye, Cheikh A., Mbelu, Asithandile, and Sy, Amadou

Subjects
Banks and banking--Africa, Petroleum products--Prices
Abstract

This paper studies the impact of declining oil prices on banks in sub-Saharan African oil-exporting countries. Results indicate that banks respond differently to an oil shock depending on their ownership: (i) domestic banks are the most adversely impacted and experience a deterioration in asset quality and liquidity; (ii) foreign-owned banks are the most resilient as they are able to improve asset quality and attract deposits but at the same time, they decelerate credit growth; in contrast, (iii) Pan-African Banks help stabilize overall credit but large banks in that segment experience reduced asset quality. These differentiated results suggest a tradeoff between maintaining credit growth and safeguarding financial stability in an oil slump which could be addressed by both micro- and macroprudential policies.

Published
2019

7. Is foreign aid concentrated increasingly on needy and deserving recipient countries? An analysis of Theil indices, 1995-2015

Author

Bickenbach, Frank, Mbelu, Asithandile, and Nunnenkamp, Peter

Subjects
recipient need, multilateral donors, Theil index, ddc:330, F23, foreign aid, bilateral donors, recipient merit
Abstract

By tracking the changes in different margins of Theil indices during the period 1995-2015, we re-consider the question of whether bilateral and multilateral donors have targeted aid increasingly to particularly needy recipient countries with relatively good governance in order to improve the effectiveness of aid. According to our findings, the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness in 2005 has not changed the donors' aid allocation systematically and consistently. Bilateral aid has become slightly more concentrated on poorer recipient countries, but most donors became less selective in granting aid to higher income countries. Furthermore, the Paris Declaration did not help improve the merit-based allocation of aid. Finally, there is no compelling evidence suggesting that donors have become less self-interested in using aid as a means to promote their own exports.

Published
2017

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