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The insurance industry plays a substantive vitality in the growth of the economy. However, there is limited literature … on the activities of the insurance industry and economic growth in Ghana. As one of the fastest-growing economies in sub … economy, of which insurance cannot be underscored. Moreover, proxies used to measure insurance for developing economies …
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evidence on the insurance sector. Most of the existing empirical studies focus primarily on the banking sector. This article …This study tackles the debate on the relationship between insurance development and economic growth by providing new … applies linear dynamic panel-data approaches to examine the nexus between insurance (life insurance, non-life insurance, and …
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The development of financial sectors is considered as one of vital determinants of the growth of Ethiopian economy, and for secure equitable distribution of the benefits to the society. However, financial distress has an effect on the sectors. This review was conducted to assess financial...
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Islamic banks (IBs) have a significant role in the growth of gross domestic product of the developing countries. The Islamic participatory schemes integrate the assets of lenders and borrowers. They allow enable IBs to lend on a longer term basis to create projects with higher risk-return...
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The lower levels of financial inclusion and severe financial inclusion gaps in Africa motivates the investigation of whether mobile phones, economic growth, bank competition and stability matter for financial inclusion. Data from 49 countries for the periods 2004-2016 were collected and analysed...
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The poor use of innovations for financial service delivery among African banks has limited the extent of financial development in the continent. Consequently, financial authorities seeks for a technology-enabled financial solution; an area not well covered in literature. This study therefore,...
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Efficiency and productivity measurement in the insurance industry has attracted great interest from academicians …, practitioners, financial market analysts, insurance regulators, and researchers; however, the near absence of empirical work on the … productivity changes of the life insurance industry in Ghana poses management challenges. The main objective of this paper is to …
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The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of government consumption expenditure as a share of GDP on economic growth in developing countries. The paper uses threshold panel model to examine nonlinear relationship between the government consumption expenditure share and economic...
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Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are currently the leading cause of death worldwide. In this paper, we examine the channels through which economic growth affects NCDs' epidemiology. Following a production function approach, we develop a basic technique to break up the impact of economic growth...
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The purpose of this paper is to estimate the dynamic impact of trade openness on economic growth in Botswana using the ARDL bounds testing approach. The study employs four different proxies for trade openness, which include trade-based measures and a composite index. The trade-based measures...
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