In this paper we examine the causal relationship between electricity consumption, exports and economic growth in the DRC, using the newly developed ARDL-bounds testing approach. In order to account for the omission-of-variable bias, the study incorporates exports as an intermittent variable...

This paper examines the impact of interest rate reforms on financial deepening and economic growth in Kenya, using two models: the financial deepening model and the dynamic Granger causality model. The study attempts to answer two critical questions: Does interest rate liberalization in Kenya...

Purpose – The paper seeks to examine the inter-temporal causal relationship between financial development and poverty reduction in Kenya during the period 1968-2006. The study attempts to answer one critical question: is financial development in Kenya a spur to poverty reduction?...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the inter-temporal causal relationship between financial sector development and poverty reduction in Zambia. The paper attempts to answer one critical question: does financial sector development in Zambia lead to poverty reduction?...

In this paper, we examine the causality between financial development and sustainable growth in Botswana using the newly developed ARDL-bounds testing approach. Our results show that the causal relationship between financial development and sustainable economic growth is sensitive to the proxy...

This paper examines the relationship between interest rate liberalisation policies and sustainable economic growth in Nigeria. Employing the autoregressive-distributed lag (ARDL) - bounds testing approach and using GDP per capita as economic growth indicator, the paper establishes a long run...

In this paper, we examine the causal relationship between export growth and economic growth. The causal relationship between exports and economic growth has been a subject of extensive debate in recent years. There are currently three dominant views regarding the relationship between exports and...

In this study, we examine the causal relationship between government expenditure and economic growth - using the recently developed ARDL-bounds testing approach. The causal relationship between government expenditure and economic growth has been a subject of extensive debate in recent years....