Purpose - Our generation is witnessing the greatest demographic transition and Africa is at the heart of it. There is … from a long-run perspective by assessing the relationships between population growth and a plethora of investment dynamics …) deplete public investment but augment domestic investment in Zambia; (4) diminish private investment and improve domestic …

Our generation is experiencing the greatest demographic transition and Africa is at the center of it. There is mounting … long-run perspective by assessing the relationships among population growth and a plethora of investment dynamics: public … findings reveal a long-run positive causal linkage from population growth to only public investment. But for domestic …

funds only benefit the rich to the detriment of the poor. The use of financial and investment dimensions previously missing …

Hitherto very few studies on the inequality-finance(investment) nexus have focused on the African continent owing to … lack of relevant data. This paper integrates previously missing investment and financial components in the assessment of … how finance affects pro-poor investment channels. Findings reveal, but for the case of foreign investment, financial …

assessment of the finance-investment nexus. Design/methodology/approach - VAR models in the perspectives of VECM and short … investment elasticities are positive, investment elasticities of finance are negative; (2)but for Guinea Bissau, Mozambique and … Togo, finance does not seem to engender portfolio investment; (3)contrary to mainstream literature, financial efficiency …

This study complements existing literature by investigating how investment-driven finance affects inequality in Africa … investment, financial dynamics of depth, efficiency, activity and size enhance equalizing income-distribution through domestic …, private and public investment channels. Policy implications are discussed with particular emphasis on improving inclusive …

the relationships between various components of property rights institutions and private investment, notably: political … correlate of private investment than financial intermediary development. The interaction of finance and governance is not … significant in potentially promoting private investment, perhaps due to substantially documented surplus liquidity issues in …