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The paper verifies the Azzimonti et al. (2014) conclusions on a sample of 53 African countries for the period 1996-2008. Authors of the underlying study have established theoretical underpinnings for a negative nexus between rising public debt and inequality in OECD nations. We assess the...
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This paper integrates a previously missing wealth-effect component in the openness-finance debate. From a panel of 29 low and middle income African countries with data spanning from 1987 to 2008, we provide evidence that openness (trade and financial) triggers less bank efficiency in low income...
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Purpose - Our generation is witnessing the greatest demographic transition and Africa is at the heart of it. There is …
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Our generation is experiencing the greatest demographic transition and Africa is at the center of it. There is mounting …
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of banking system efficiency in Africa. Results which are robust to financial system efficiency and growth …
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This paper assesses how legal origin influences financial development through regulation quality and the rule of law. It employs all the dimensions identified by the Financial Development and Structure Database of the World Bank. The law channels are instrumented with legal origins to account...
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-Saharan Africa is slightly below the average of Francophone Africa. As a policy implication, results support the benefits of the rule …
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This paper examines how domestic, foreign, private and public investments affect income-inequality through financial intermediary dynamics. With the exception of financial allocation efficiency, financial channels of depth and activity are good for the poor as they diminish estimated household...
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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...
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growth on forest sustainability in Africa. Using three instruments of forest exploitation, the study shows how rural …
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