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The role of mobile money innovations in the effect of inequality on poverty and severity of poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Le Roux, Sara - 2023
This study investigates the role of mobile money innovations in the incidence of income inequality on poverty and severity of poverty in 42 sub-Saharan African countries over the period 1980 to 2019. Mobile money innovations are understood as the mobile used to send money and the mobile used to...
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COVID-19 global pandemic, financial development and financial inclusion
Asongu, Simplice; Ojong, Nathanael; Edoh, Ofeh M. - 2021
This chapter examines how the Covid-19 pandemic has affected financial development and financial inclusion in African countries. The study provides both broad perspectives and country-specific frameworks based on selected country cases studies. Some emphasis is placed on the achievement of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012872963
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Financial inclusion and small enterprise growth in Africa: Emerging perspectives and research agenda
Kuada, John E. - 2021
enterprise growth in Sub-Sahara Africa (SSA), to identify the research gaps they provide, and to prepare an agenda for future …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012872969
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What drives financial sector development in Africa? Insights from machine learning
Ofori, Isaac Kwesi; Quaidoo, Christopher; Ofori, Pamela E. - 2021
This study uses machine learning techniques to identify the key drivers of financial development in Africa. To this end … literacy are crucial for financial sector development in Africa. Evidence from the Partialing-out lasso instrumental variable … institutional effectiveness are remarkable in spurring financial sector development in Africa. Policy recommendations are provided …
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Exploring Multidimensional Financial Inclusion and Manufacturing Firms Performance in a Developing Country: The Case of Nigeria
Efobi, Uchenna; Tanankem, Belmondo V.; Asongu, Simplice; … - 2016
This study used the matching technique to explore the impact of financial inclusion on the performance of manufacturing firms in Nigeria. Most studies that have considered financial inclusion have largely focused on household access to the services of financial institutions, but have...
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Bank accounts, bank concentration and mobile money innovations
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2023
The present study investigates how increasing bank accounts and bank concentration affect mobile money innovations in 148 countries. It builds on scholarly and policy concerns in the literature that increasing bank accounts may not be having the desired effects on financial inclusion on the one...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014549269
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The role of financial inclusion in moderating the incidence of entrepreneurship on energy poverty in Ghana
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2023
This paper assesses the role of financial inclusion in moderating the incidence of entrepreneurship on energy poverty in Ghana. The assessment is made by using pooled data and two stage least squares. The exposition builds from the 7th (GLSS7) and 6th (GLSS6) rounds focusing on the Ghana Living...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014549309
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Mobile money innovations and health performance in sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Ngoungou, Yolande E.; Nnanna, Joseph - 2023
in 43 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa employing data for the period 2004-2018. Four mobile money innovation dynamics are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014549314
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Mobile money innovations, income inequality and gender inclusion in sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Agyemang-Mintah, Peter; Nnanna, Joseph; … - 2023
The study assesses the role of mobile money innovations on income inequality and gender inclusion in 42 Sub-Saharan African countries for the period 1980 to 2019 using interactive quantile regressions. The following findings are established. First, income inequality unconditionally reduces the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014549316
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Telecommunications regulation, mobile money innovations and financial inclusion
Asongu, Simplice - 2023
This study assesses how corporate telecommunication (telecom) policies follow telecom sector regulation in mobile money innovation for financial inclusion in developing countries. Telecom policies are understood in terms of mobile subscriptions, mobile connectivity coverage and mobile...
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