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 …

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 …

-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 …

which freedoms channels are poverty and inequality mitigated? With the instrumentality of formal institutions: (1) de jure … (poverty). Hence, economic freedom does not stop the wealthy from growing wealthier, but at the same time provides for … conditions that mitigate poverty. The findings broadly show that, despite the substantially documented negative incidences of …

The aim of this paper is to analyse the impact of digital divide on income inequality in subSaharan Africa over the …

compared to mobile phone penetration. Poverty alleviation channels explaining this difference in inequality mitigating …

in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). More specifically, we investigate the complementary role of knowledge diffusion in the …