Women’s Access to Credit in Sub-Saharan Africa: Sudan

Authors

Michael Kevane, Santa Clara UniversityFollow
Endre Stiansen

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-23-2006

Publisher

Brill

Abstract

Women in Sudan have been largely excluded from formal financial institutions of the Anglo-Egyptian and independent Sudan, even as they have demonstrated the ability and desire to profit from financial transactions. The exclusion is not based on legal criteria, but rather on informal practices that control institutions of the formal sector. However, women –particularly in urban areas of northern Sudan – have access to informal financial institutions, and in recent years there have been some attempts by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to offer financial services, especially loans at discounts, to women

Comments

Copyright © 2006 Brill. Used with permission.

Recommended Citation

Kevane, M. & Stiansen, E. (2006). Women’s Access to Credit in Sub-Saharan Africa: Sudan. Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures, 4.