This paper focuses on how political regimes affect financial development in Africa, contingent on religious … propensity to effect policies that favour the development of financial intermediary depth, activity and size. Democracy has … policies towards financial development. As a policy implication, once democracy is initiated, it should be accelerated (to edge …

financial sector development" consistently increases with improvements in initial levels of credit access. Second, the negative … linkage between ISOs and "informal financial sector development" consistently decreases with increasing levels of credit …

This study assesses the role of information sharing in financialization (or coexistence of financial sub-systems) for …

transfer. Building on the literature on the key role of a knowledge economy in 21st century development and catch-up processes … between the doctoral education, innovation, technology transfer and development catch-up. Implications for scientific research … policies in the light of contemporary challenges to African development are discussed. …

An April 2015 World Bank report on the Millennium Development Goal poverty target has revealed that extreme poverty has … asymmetric development between rich and poor countries. Piketty has shown that inequality increases when the return on capital is … development increases and Africa may not catch-up with the developed world. As an ideal solution, Piketty has proposed progressive …

levels of financial market development compared to their counterparts with autocratic inclinations. As a policy implication … quality of public offices that favour stock market development on the African continent. …

A 2015 World Bank report on the achievement of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) revealed that since the 1990s …' postulates that: (i) one unit of currency deposited abroad represents a loss in financial development at home (ii) a fraction of …

Are there contemporary development effects of African resistance to European domination? This question is the primary … development and discuss possible channels of such causality. This relationship is robust to alternative model and to controlling …