shaped by geopolitics and interpartyparty politics. We argue that the interests and ideas relative to the power of key …

Financial development indicators are often applied to countries/regions without taking into account specific financial … development realities. Financial depth in the perspective of monetary base is not equal to liquid liabilities in every development … context. This paper introduces complementary indicators to the existing Financial Development and Structure Database (FDSD …

components in the development of the continent: law, democracy and quality of government. Political regimes of democracy, polity …

policy recommendation, the role of sound political institutions is crucial for financial development in Africa. Democracies … stock market development in the African continent. Originality/value - To the best of our knowledge this is the first paper … plagued many African countries and continue to pose a significant threat to financial market development. …

This paper focuses on how political regimes affect financial development in Africa, contingent on religious … propensity to effect policies that favour the development of financial intermediary depth, activity and size. Democracy has … policies towards financial development. As a policy implication, once democracy is initiated, it should be accelerated (to edge …

development has taken place in developing countries. Design/methodology/approach - In framing the financial dimension in a more … financial development benefits of financial globalization. The estimation approach consists of assessing the impact of financial … globalization through-out the conditional distributions of domestic financial development dynamics. Findings - The introduction of …

updated data (1996-2010). Findings suggest development assistance deteriorates government quality dynamics of corruption …

distribution. This implies high-growth countries are more likely to benefit from development assistance (in terms of general … foreign aid by focusing on the distribution of the dependent variables (development dynamics). It is likely that high- and low-growth …Purpose - This paper examines whether initial levels in GDP growth, GDP per capita growth and inequality adjusted human …