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unemployment not to represent a constraint in the doing of business. A constraint in doing business is understood in terms of the …-Saharan Africa (SSA) for the period 2004-2018, while the empirical evidence is based on interactive quantile regressions. The … needed to reverse the unfavorable incidence of female unemployment in doing business are provided. These are minimum MFIs …
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entrepreneurship, contingent on female unemployment levels. The study focuses on 44 countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) for the … unemployment levels in the implementation of policies designed for MFIs to promote female business ownership. The hypotheses that … MFIs are favorable for female business owners and some critical rates of female unemployment should be avoided in order for …
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The study assesses how financial institution dynamics have affected poverty and the severity of poverty in 42 sub-Saharan African countries for the period 1980-2019. In order to increase for policy relevance of the study, three financial development indicators are used, namely: financial...
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The present study investigates the incidence of financial institutions' dynamics of depth and access in the effect of income inequality on poverty and the severity of poverty in 42 Sub-Saharan African countries from 1980 to 2019. The Gini index is used to measure income inequality while poverty...
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, despite the good intentions, entrepreneurship policy initiatives have been incorrectly targeted, poorly implemented and … identify the different contextual dimensions influencing formal and informal enterprise creation processes in SSA. …
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enterprise growth in Sub-Sahara Africa (SSA), to identify the research gaps they provide, and to prepare an agenda for future … unpack small enterprise growth determinants, identify growth-enabling entrepreneurial characteristics and examine the …/integrated review exploring the link between financial inclusion and small enterprise growth in SSA. This review therefore provides …
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This paper forwards the view that some aspects of African culture enhance economic development on the continent while other aspects tend to constrain development. By drawing on the extant literature on culture and development, the paper discusses the manner in which economic activities are...
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Hitherto very few studies on the inequality-finance(investment) nexus have focused on the African continent owing to lack of relevant data. This paper integrates previously missing investment and financial components in the assessment of how finance affects pro-poor investment channels. Findings...
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revealed that extreme poverty has been decreasing in all regions of the world with the exception of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA …
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severity and intensity of poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Using data from the World Bank's World Development Indicators …
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