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Poverty and inequality represent major policy syndromes that are relevant in the achievement of most United Nations … attendant SDGs. The present study extends existing literature by assessing the conditional influence of poverty, income … inequality and severity of poverty on economic growth. The focus is on 42 countries in sub-Saharan Africa with data from 1980 to …
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This study complements the inclusive growth literature by examining the determinants and consequences of the middle class in a continent where economic growth has been relatively high. The empirical evidence is based on a sample of 33 African countries for a 2010 cross-sectional study. OLS,...
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This study provides thresholds of inequality that should not be exceeded if gender inclusive education is to enhance gender inclusive formal economic participation in sub-Saharan Africa. The empirical evidence is based on the Generalised Method of Moments and data from 42 countries during the...
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Despite over three decades of Liberalisation policies in Africa, income-inequality has stayed persistently high. Using updated panel data of 26 African countries spanning the period 1996-2010, this study examines the effect of liberalisation policies with particular focus on financial, trade,...
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The paper investigates the relationship between development, as measured by the GNI per capita and lived poverty in … one set of indicators that capture the extension of lived poverty, that is what percentage of the respondents, experiences … deprivation, but we also develop a series of indicators that capture the severity of lived poverty, that is how frequently …
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We assess the correlations between mobile banking and inclusive development (poverty and inequality) in 93 developing … findings are established. First, the increased use of mobile phones to pay bills is negatively correlated with: (i) poverty in ….646 and 0.761. Second, the increased use of mobile phones to send/receive money is negatively correlated with: (i) poverty in …
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between mobile and inclusive development (quality of growth, poverty and inequality) in 93 developing countries for the year …/receive money is negatively associated with poverty in Asia and Pacific (AP) and Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Originality …
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This study assesses human development thresholds at which mobile banking mitigates poverty and inequality in 93 … used to receive/send money’ have an appealing role in promoting inclusive development in all poverty distributions, with ….705 in inequality and poverty specifications, respectively. The relevance of the findings is discussed in light of the …
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This study investigates the role of mobile money innovations in the incidence of income inequality on poverty and … severity of poverty in 42 sub-Saharan African countries over the period 1980 to 2019. Mobile money innovations are understood … Gini index. Poverty is measured as the poverty headcount ratio while the severity of poverty is generated as the squared of …
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This study investigates the role that of mobile money on the effect of banking on income inequalities on a panel of 105 developing countries over a period from 1990-2019. We use the system GMMs estimator to examine this relationship for income inequality before as well as after taxes and...
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