Selected annotated bibliography on financial markets and agribusiness development in sub-Saharan Africa

The bibliography covers all types of financial arrangements and institutional forms, whether formal or informal, and it includes materials about both lending and savings mobilization aspects of agribusiness financing. A broad definition of agribusiness is utilized, one that covers a variety of on-farm and off-farm enterprises ranging from backyard activities to multilateral firms. The annotations fall under 16 headings: (1) macroeconomic and financial policies; (2) agricultural productivity, risks, and infrastructure; (3) loan targeting and subsidies; (4) interest rates and transaction costs; (5) regulation/supervision of financial institutions; (6) access to financial services, financial dualism, and financial linkages; (7) the crucial role of savings mobilization and loan recovery; (8) collateral contract enforcement, and property rights; (9) the implications of informal finance; (10) special problems of term finance and development finance institutions; (11) cooperatives, self-help groups, and other semi-formal financing systems; (12) special programs for microenterprises and women; (13) the emerging importance of NGO"s and PVO"s; (14) lack of consensus among donors; (15) agribusiness development; (16) bibliographies. Includes author and keyword indexes.