Most of the world's low-income economies are in Africa: they find themselves at the initial stages of agricultural transformation, which cash-strapped public budgets struggle to support. This technical study relies on ecological science and social network analysis to determine the type of evidence-based policymaking that would promote such transformation in Benin.

This paper takes stock of the current state of banking systems across Sub-Saharan Africa and discusses recent developments including innovations that might help Africa leapfrog more traditional banking models. Using an array of different data, the paper documents that African banking systems are shall...