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Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C.; Biekpe, Nicholas - 2018

In this study, we investigate the role of development assistance in reducing a hypothetically negative impact of terrorism on economic growth, using a panel of 78 developing nations with data for the period 1984-2008. The empirical evidence is based on interactive Quantile regressions. Domestic,...

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The determinants of interest rates in microbanks : age and scale

Nwachukwu, Jacinta C.; Asongu, Simplice A. - 2015

This study investigates the legitimacy of the relatively high interest rates charged by those microfinance institutions (MFIs) which have been transformed into regulated commercial banks using information garnered from a panel of 1232 MFIs from 107 developing countries. Results show that...

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Information asymmetry and conditional financial sector development

Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2017

Purpose- The purpose of this study is to examine the role of reducing information asymmetry (IA) on conditional financial sector development in 53 African countries for the period 2004-2011. Design/methodology/approach- The empirical evidence is based on contemporary and non-contemporary...

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The determinants of interest rates in microfinance : age, scale and organisational charter

Nwachukwu, Jacinta C.; Aziz, Aqsa; Tony-Okeke, Uchenna; … - 2018

banking status. Third, age of operation in excess of eight years exerts a negative impact on interest rates, regardless of … differentiation of the impact on interest rates of regulations which promote formal banking principles, credit market extension vis …

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At what levels of financial development does information sharing matter?

Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2017

. Financial development dynamics involving depth (at overall economic and financial system levels), efficiency (at banking and … financial system levels), activity (from banking and financial system perspectives) and size are used. Two key findings are …

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Welfare spending and quality of growth in developing countries : a note on evidence from hopefuls, contenders and best performers

Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2016

The transition from the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has shifted the policy debate from growth to 'quality of growth' (QG). We explore a new dataset on QG by the IMF and classify 93 developing countries for the period 1990-2011 in terms of Hopefuls,...

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Comparative human development thresholds for absolute and relative pro-poor mobile banking in developing countries

Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2017

We assess the correlations between mobile banking and inclusive development (poverty and inequality) in 93 developing … countries for the year 2011. Mobile banking entails: 'mobile phones used to pay bills' and 'mobile phones used to receive … that at certain thresholds of the HDI, mobile banking is positively linked to inclusive development. The following specific …

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Recent finance advances in information technology for inclusive development : a survey

Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2017

investment strategies with particular emphasis, inter alia on: informal finance, microfinance, mobile banking, crowdfunding …

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Recent finance advances in information technology for inclusive development : a systematic review

Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2018

, innovations and investment strategies with particular emphasis, inter alia on: informal finance, microfinance, mobile banking …, crowdfunding, micro insurance, Islamic finance, remittances, Payment for Environmental Services (PES) and the Diaspora Investment …

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