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inequality and severity of poverty on economic growth. The focus is on 42 countries in sub-Saharan Africa with data from 1980 to … quantile regressions in order to assess how income inequality and poverty dynamics affect economic growth throughout the … economic growth and (ii) comparative incidences of poverty and inequality in affecting economic growth. …
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This study complements existing literature by investigating how investment-driven finance affects inequality in Africa …-2002). Inequality is measured with estimated household income inequality whereas financial development is proxied with financial depth … (MDGs) to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), mobilizing domestic resources for investment purposes may have greater …
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We assess the correlations between mobile banking and inclusive development (poverty and inequality) in 93 developing … findings are established. First, the increased use of mobile phones to pay bills is negatively correlated with: (i) poverty in … at HDI thresholds of 0.725, 0.727 and 0.778 and; (ii) inequality in UMIC and LA with HDI thresholds of respectively 0 …
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between mobile and inclusive development (quality of growth, poverty and inequality) in 93 developing countries for the year … use of the mobile phones to pay bills: is positively linked to ‘quality of growth’ in lower-middle income countries (LMIC …) and negatively correlated with inequality in Latin American countries (LA). Second, growing use of mobile phones to send …
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mobile banking and inclusive development (quality of growth, inequality and poverty) among individuals in 93 developing … development, namely: quality of growth, inequality and poverty. As a main policy implication, encouraging mobile banking … applications would play a substantial role in responding to the challenges of immiserizing growth, inequality and poverty in …
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The study assesses the role of financial development on income inequality in a panel of 48 African countries for the …, three indicators of inequality are used, namely, the: Gini coefficient, Atkinson index and Palma ratio. The empirical … hypothesis: a humped shaped nexus between increasing GDP per capita and inequality. Policy implications are discussed. …
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This study assesses human development thresholds at which mobile banking mitigates poverty and inequality in 93 ….705 in inequality and poverty specifications, respectively. The relevance of the findings is discussed in light of the …" contribute to reducing inequality in countries at the bottom and top ends of the inequality distribution, while (ii) "mobiles …
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This study investigates the role of mobile money innovations in the incidence of income inequality on poverty and … are established. (i) Income inequality unconditionally reduces poverty and the severity of poverty though the significance … significantly moderate the positive incidence of income inequality on poverty and the severity of poverty in some quantiles. (iii …
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This study assesses the incidence of the Covid-19 pandemic on poverty levels in 50 African countries by employing the … PovcalNet computational tool for poverty monitoring. The empirical evidence is based on: (i) Pre Covid-19 macroeconomic … projections of October 2019 and revised macroeconomic projections of April 2020 and (ii) three poverty thresholds, notably, US$1 …
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There is a glaring concern of income inequality in the light of the post-2015 global development agenda of sustainable … development goals (SDGs), especially for countries that are in the south of the Sahara. There are also concerns over the present … inequality in a panel of 39 countries in SSA over the period 2004-2014. Quantile regressions are used as an empirical strategy …
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