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Mobile money innovations, income inequality and gender inclusion in subSaharan Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Agyemang-Mintah, Peter; Nnanna, Joseph; … - 2023

. First, income inequality unconditionally reduces the involvement of women in business and politics. Second, mobile money … innovations interact with income inequality to have a positive impact on women in business and politics. Third, net effects from …

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The reconstruction of the border roads and household welfare in Nigeria : a gender study

Uchenna, Efobi - 2016

This study provides an ex-ante analysis of the welfare effect from the improvement of border road infrastructure in Nigeria. It starts by describing the income distribution in the Nigerian states contained in the sample. It then analyses the relationship between income, household food...

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Women empowerment and intra-household dietary diversity in Nigeria

Tanankem, Belmondo V.; Efobi, Uchenna Rapuluchukwu; … - 2016

This study used a nationally representative survey from the 2012-2013 World Bank's General Household Survey for Nigeria, to examine the relationship between empowerment, measured using a modification of the Alkire et al. (2013) empowerment index, and household dietary diversity, based on the FAO...

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The novel coronavirus (Covid-19) : theoretical and practical perspectives on children, women and sex trafficking

Asongu, Simplice; Usman, Usman M.; Xuan Vinh Vo - 2020

, human trafficking in girls and women constitutes a global oppression in virtually all nations either as the source, transit …, or destination. The feminist investigators have it that women are in destitute situations, which is a substantial trait … identified gap by providing theoretical and practical perspectives on children, women, and sex trafficking. It is a qualitative …

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Inequality and the economic participation of women in Sub-Saharan Africa : an empirical investigation

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2019

This study investigates the effect of inequality on female employment in 42 countries in sub- Saharan Africa for the period 2004-2014. Three inequality indicators are used, namely, the: Gini coefficient, Atkinson index and Palma ratio. Two indicators of gender inclusion are also employed,...

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Inequality and gender inclusion : minimum ICT policy thresholds for promoting female employment in Sub-Saharan Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2019

The study assesses how ICT modulates the effect of inequality on female economic participation in a panel of 42 countries in sub-Saharan Africa over the period 2004-2014. Three inequality indicators are used, namely: the Gini coefficient, the Atkinson index and the Palma ratio. The adopted ICT...

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African Women Vulnerability index (AWVI) : focus on rural women

Tchamyou, Vanessa; Diop, Samba; Asongu, Simplice - 2021

In this paper, we develop a new index labelled the African Women Vulnerability index (AWVI) with a focus on rural women …, health, education, economic prosperity and digitalisation. Our findings show that: (i) Botswana performs best while women in …

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Gender inclusive intermediary education, financial stability and female employment in the industry in Sub-Saharan Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Nounamo, Yann; Ndieupa, Henri Njangang; … - 2021

The study examines how financial stability modulates the effect of inclusive intermediary education on female employment in the industry for the period 2008-2018 in Sub-Saharan Africa. The empirical evidence is based on Tobit, Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) and Quantile regressions. There are...

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Promoting female economic inclusion for tax performance in Sub-Saharan Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Adegboye, Alex; Nnanna, Joseph - 2020

This study explores whether female economic inclusion enhances tax performance in a sample of 48 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa from 2000 to 2018. The study's empirical evidence is based on the generalized method of moments in order to account for endogeneity concerns. Three tax performance...

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The comparative economics of financial access in gender economic inclusion

Asongu, Simplice; Nting, Rexon T. - 2020

The study has investigated the comparative importance of financial access in promoting gender inclusion in African countries. Gender inclusion is proxied by the female labour participation rate while financial channels include: financial system deposits and private domestic credit. The empirical...

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