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agreement, and the expected rebound of foreign direct investment inflow to Africa from 2022, this study examines the joint … effects of industrialisation and ICT diffusion on resource mobilisation in Africa. To this end, we use data on 42 African … services tax (GST), and (ii) profits, corporate and income tax (PCIT) mobilisation efforts in Africa, the effects of the former …
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agreement, and the expected rebound of foreign direct investment to Africa from 2022, this study examines the joint effects of … industrialisation and digital infrastructure on resource mobilisation in Africa. To this end, we mine data for 42 African countries for …) mobilisation efforts in Africa, the effects of the former is rather remarkable in the presence of the latter. Particularly, we find …
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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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