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Pelizzo, Riccardo - 2018

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Microfinance institutions and female entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa: avoidable female unemployment thresholds

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2023

The present study contributes to the extant literature by assessing how microfinance institutions (MFIs) affect female … entrepreneurship, contingent on female unemployment levels. The study focuses on 44 countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) for the …

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Female unemployment and the procedure that a woman has to go through to start a business: microfinance policy thresholds

Asongu, Simplice - 2023

microfinance institutions (MFIs) penetration that policy makers must endeavour to maintain and/or attain in order for female …-Saharan Africa (SSA) for the period 2004-2018, while the empirical evidence is based on interactive quantile regressions. The … should go through to start a business. The study complements the extant literature by assessing critical microfinance …

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Not all that glitters is gold: Financial access, microfinance and female unemployment in Sub-Saharan Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Zogo, Therese E.; Mete, Mariette C. N.; … - 2024

The present study assesses the relevance of microfinance institutions (MFIs) in the effect of financial access on … gender economic inclusion in 44 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) for the period 2004 to 2018. The adopted empirical …

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The Determinants of Interest Rates in Microbanks: Age and Scale

Nwachukwu, Jacinta C.; Asongu, Simplice A. - 2015

This study investigates the legitimacy of the relatively high interest rates charged by those microfinance institutions …

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The determinants of interest rates in microfinance: Age, scale and organisational charter

Nwachukwu, Jacinta C.; Aziz, Aqsa; Tony-Okeke, Uchenna; … - 2018

This study compares the responsiveness of microcredit interest rates to age, scale of lending and organisational charter. It uses an unbalanced panel of 300 MFIs from 107 developing countries from 2005 to 2015. Three key trends emerge from the results of a 2SLS regression. First, the adoption of...

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Inclusive human development in pre-crisis times of globalisation-driven debts

Asongu, Simplice; Efobi, Uchenna; Beecroft, Ibukun - 2014

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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Bank Efficiency and Openness in Africa: Do Income Levels Matter?

Asongu, Simplice A. - 2010

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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Long-term effects of population growth on aggregate investment dynamics: selected country evidence for Africa

Asongu, Simplice A. - 2011

Purpose - Our generation is witnessing the greatest demographic transition and Africa is at the heart of it. There is …

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How would population growth affect investment in the future? Asymmetric panel causality evidence for Africa

Asongu, Simplice A. - 2011

Our generation is experiencing the greatest demographic transition and Africa is at the center of it. There is mounting …

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