-specific and microeconomic survey-based approaches is on 52 African countries. 'Mobile phone'-oriented poverty reduction channels …

'-oriented poverty reduction channels are discussed. Originality/value - It deviates from mainstream country-specific and microeconomic … survey-based approaches in the literature and provides the first macroeconomic assessment of the ‘mobile phone’-inequality …

In the first empirical study on how financial reforms have been instrumental in mitigating inequality through financial …: (1) while formal financial development decreases inequality, financial sector formalization increases it; (2) whereas … semi-formal financial development increases inequality, the effect of financial semi-formalization is unclear; (3) both …

This study complements existing literature by investigating how investment-driven finance affects inequality in Africa …-2002). Inequality is measured with estimated household income inequality whereas financial development is proxied with financial depth …

Hitherto very few studies on the inequality-finance(investment) nexus have focused on the African continent owing to … poverty should take account of the disequalizing income-effect of foreign investment in undeveloped countries. …

This paper examines how domestic, foreign, private and public investments affect income-inequality through financial … the poor as they diminish estimated household income-inequality. Financial size does not have a significant income … in the literature provide new insights into the finance-inequality nexus. Policy implications are discussed. …

paradigms and underpinnings from Solow-Swan & Boyce-Fofack-Ndikumana. The central argument presented is that the inequality … problem is at the heart of rational asymmetric development between rich and poor countries. Piketty has shown that inequality … African countries, inequality in development increases and African may not catch-up with the developed world. As an ideal …

which freedoms channels are poverty and inequality mitigated? With the instrumentality of formal institutions: (1) de jure … some channels of globalization on poverty (and inequality), formal institutions have the capacity to device policies that …) political liberalization has a disequalizing effect and; (3) economic freedom has a positive (negative) effect on inequality …