Somalia's Banking Sector and Economic Growth

 The Mogadishu-based Heritage Institute published in June 2023 a report titled "Transforming Somalia's Banking Sector to Ignite Economic Growth: Status and Ways Forward" by Uweis Ali.

This report examines the state of the banking sector in Somalia with a focus on key bottlenecks to transforming the sector and offers policy options to address them.  

Sudan's Banking System

The Sudan Democracy First Group, whose members are from civil society and the media, published in December 2018 a report titled "Banking System in Sudan: Political Influence and Personal Interests Breed Corruption and Lack of Transparency."

The paper analyzes Sudan's banking system from its foundation in 1960 to the present date. This critical assessment argues that the Sudanese banking system lacks political, operational, and financial independence due to frequent intervention from government and other influential and corrupt persons in the banking business.

Micro-Finance Study of Migrants in Hawassa, Ethiopia

Columbia University held a conference on sustainable development in September 2014.  It subsequently posted the best papers from the conference, including one titled "Social Impact Assessment of Micro-Finance: The Case of Migrants in Hawassa, Ethiopia" by Feven Tsehaye. 

The paper investigates why the case of migrants is central to reaching developmental goals, and why micro-finance institutions are capable of tapping into the potential to serve poor migrant communities in urban areas.