Kingdom of Lesotho : Selected Issues
This Selected Issues paper provides further background on the macrofinancial sector analysis that informed Lesotho's 2017 Article IV consultation. Lesotho's financial sector is small, concentrated, and lacks financial inclusion, although mobile banking services and financial cooperatives o...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
International Monetary Fund,
2018
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| Series: | IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ;
No. 2018/059 IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2018/059 IMF eLibrary |
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Table of Contents:
- Cover
- CONTENTS
- MACROFINANCIAL LINKAGES IN LESOTHO
- A. Some Key Characteristics of the Financial Sector
- B. Potential Systemic Risks from the Currency Peg
- C. Credit Risks from Lending to Households
- D. Mobile Banking and Financial Inclusion
- E. Conclusions
- FIGURES
- 1. Bank Loans by Type of Borrowers
- 2. Commercial Banks Loan Deposit Ratios and Interest Spreads in Small Middle Income Countries
- 3. Ratios of Selected Assets to Deposits
- 4. Gross Reserves Coverage of Transferable and Callable Money Aggregates
- 5. Gross Reserves and Bank NFA Coverage
- 6. Civil Servants Debt Service to Income Ratio
- 7. Development of Mobile Money
- TABLES
- 1. Size and Structure of the Financial System
- 2. Lesotho's Banking Sector Heat Map
- References