Financial Sector Liberalization and Challenges of Real Sector Financing in Nigeria: The World Bank Perspective
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eepening Nigeria‘s financial markets is a key component of economic diversification and job creation. An efficient and functioning market for credit will stimulate business activity and support Nigeria‘s dynamic entrepreneurs. There is a prevalent feeling that following the banking sector crisis which erupted in August 2009, this process has stalled as commercial banks have curtailed their lending to the private sector causing a credit crunch or squeeze.
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