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Financial determinants of informal financial development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Soumtang, Valentine B.; Edoh, Ofeh M. - 2021
This study assesses financial determinants of informal financial sector development in 48 Sub-Saharan African countries for the period 1995-2017. Quantile regressions are used as the empirical strategy which enables the study to assess the determinants throughout the conditional distribution of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012798296
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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/10012798307
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The impact of financial inclusion on household health expenditures in Africa
Edoh, Ofeh M.; Nchofoung, Tii Njivukuh; Anchi, Ofeh E.; … - 2021
health expenditures. Suggestions for policy emerging from this study to governments in Africa are on the aspect of fostering …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012798334
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Financial institutions, poverty and severity of poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Soumtang, Valentine B.; Edoh, Ofeh M. - 2021
The study assesses how financial institution dynamics have affected poverty and the severity of poverty in 42 sub-Saharan African countries for the period 1980-2019. In order to increase for policy relevance of the study, three financial development indicators are used, namely: financial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012798666
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Political inclusion and democracy in Africa : some empirical evidence
Nchofoung, Tii Njivukuh; Asongu, Simplice; Tchamyou, Vanessa - 2021
This study investigates: (i) the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on total factor productivity (TFP) and economic growth dynamics, and (ii) the relevance of value added from three economic sectors in modulating the established effect of FDI on TFP and economic growth dynamics. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012799011
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Gender political inclusion and democracy in Africa: some empirical evidence
Nchofoung, Tii Njivukuh; Asongu, Simplice; Tchamyou, Vanessa - 2022
The objective of this study is to examine the effect of political inclusion on democracy in Africa. The results of the … analyses through the OLS, system GMM, IV-Tobit and IV-2SLS show that gender political inclusion enhances democracy in Africa … stood when controlled for colonisation and internal conflicts. In terms of policy implications, policymakers in Africa …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013348474
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Gender inclusion and sustainable development in Africa
Tchamyou, Vanessa; Edoh, Ofeh M. - 2022
This study investigates how ameliorating gender inclusion affects sustainable development in Africa over the period … better pace for the attainment of sustainable development in Africa. The gender inclusion variable used is the females … in Africa and subsequently, adequate measures should be taken into consideration to boost gender inclusion such as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013419125