Financial Sector Development in Africa: Opportunities ... - World Bank
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The Potential of Pro-Market Activism for F<strong>in</strong>ance <strong>in</strong> <strong>Africa</strong>: A Political Economy Perspective 213<br />
Table 6.3 Analytical Framework to Study the Potential of Activism<br />
as a <strong>Development</strong> Strategy<br />
Key issues for the analysis<br />
Mapp<strong>in</strong>g key players <strong>in</strong> the sector (for example,<br />
m<strong>in</strong>istries, central banks, bankers’ associations)<br />
Key issues for the analysis<br />
Economic structure: Economic development,<br />
private sector development, revenue base of<br />
the state<br />
<strong>F<strong>in</strong>ancial</strong> sector development<br />
Government capacity<br />
<strong>Development</strong> of (political) <strong>in</strong>stitutions<br />
Stage 1: Def<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g the f<strong>in</strong>ancial sector<br />
Selected guid<strong>in</strong>g questions<br />
What are the roles of the different actors <strong>in</strong><br />
the f<strong>in</strong>ancial sector?<br />
How much <strong>in</strong>fluence do different actors<br />
have <strong>in</strong> government and what is the<br />
historical basis for the differences?<br />
Stage 2: Basic country analysis<br />
Selected guid<strong>in</strong>g questions<br />
What is the level of economic and private<br />
sector development (<strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g technical<br />
skills base and autonomy from<br />
government)?<br />
What is the organizational structure of the<br />
private sector?<br />
What are the ma<strong>in</strong> sources of government<br />
<strong>in</strong>come?<br />
To what extent is the government<br />
dependent on private sector taxation?<br />
How do these structural factors affect the<br />
composition and <strong>in</strong>fluence of key actors<br />
<strong>in</strong> the f<strong>in</strong>ancial sector?<br />
What have been the ma<strong>in</strong> policy<br />
trajectories with<strong>in</strong> the sector?<br />
How have sector roles changed over time,<br />
and why?<br />
What have been the consequences for<br />
policy mak<strong>in</strong>g and implementation?<br />
Does government exercise authority over<br />
bureaucracy, military, rais<strong>in</strong>g public<br />
revenue, and policy mak<strong>in</strong>g?<br />
How well <strong>in</strong>stitutionalized are the<br />
government apparatus, policy-mak<strong>in</strong>g<br />
processes, and political parties?<br />
Stage 3: Analysis of key organizational players <strong>in</strong> the f<strong>in</strong>ancial sector<br />
Key issues for the analysis<br />
Selected guid<strong>in</strong>g questions<br />
Roles and mandates<br />
What are the official and unofficial roles<br />
and mandate of the organization?<br />
Organizational structure<br />
What is the structure of the organization?<br />
What form does the balance of power<br />
across the organization take?<br />
(cont<strong>in</strong>ued next page)