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This paper assesses the determinants of state fragility in sub-Saharan Africa using hitherto unexplored variables in … being a function of rent seeking and/or lobbying by de facto power holders is tested. The resulting interesting finding is … that, political interference, rent seeking and lobbying increase the probability of state fragility by mitigating the …
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Tanzania which is measured on the basis of whether and how often respondents go, in the course of one year, without food, water …, medical care, cooking fuel and cash income. By using the data collected by Afrobarometer in Tanzania, we are able to create …
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The objective of this research is to assess the extent to which export processing zones in Botswana, Kenya, Tanzania … programmes. We found that firms in Kenya and Zimbabwe have a higher number of male than female employees, while zones in Tanzania …
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This study examines the effect of private and public sector led financial sector transparency on bank interest margins across eighty-six economies. Using a two-step dynamic system generalized method of moments, least square dummy variables, fixed effects and bootstrap quantile panel models...
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The study investigates how financial sector transparency moderates the influence of financial crises on bank market power across seventy-five economies between 2004 and 2014. Employing two-step dynamic system generalized method of moments the study shows that while public sector-led financial...
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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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