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Access to Finance in Nigeria

This report provides a diagnostic of access to finance and identifies key issues for microfinance, branchless banking and SME finance. The over-arching issues across all three sectors include the following:

• Greater transparency of financial performance and market information
• Strengthen capacity at all levels
• Promote financial infrastructure
• Promote consumer protection
• Coordinate efforts

The report addresses microfinance, branchless banking, SME finance, and cross-cutting issues for access to finance. For each area of analysis, the key findings and recommendations are summarized in the paper.

• Resource type Paper
• Author J. Isern; A. Agbakoba; M. Flaming at all.
• OrganisationCGAP, World Bank Group
• Year of Publication2009
• RegionAfrica
• CountryNigeria
• LanguageEnglish
• Number of pages110 pp.
• Keywords Access To Finance, Microfinance Lending, Small And Medium Enterprises (Smes)