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Technology Trap and Poverty Trap in Sub-Saharan Africa

Fofack, Hippolyte - 2012

largely accounted for by the technology trap responsible for the poverty trap. This result is supported by empirical evidence …

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Rising Food Prices in Sub-Saharan Africa : Poverty Impact and Policy Responses

Wodon, Quentin; Zaman, Hassan - 2012

the potential impact of higher food prices on poverty in sub-Saharan Africa, and examines the extent to which policy … responses will benefit the poor. The paper shows that rising food prices are likely to lead to higher poverty in sub … that anti-poverty interventions ought to retain their focus on rural areas where poverty remains highest even after taking …

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Measuring Financial Inclusion : The Global Findex Database

Demirguc-Kunt, Asli; Klapper, Leora - 2012

This paper provides the first analysis of the Global Financial Inclusion (Global Findex) Database, a new set of indicators that measure how adults in 148 economies save, borrow, make payments, and manage risk. The data show that 50 percent of adults worldwide have an account at a formal...

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Financial Inclusion in Africa : An Overview

Demirg????-Kunt, Asli; Klapper, Leora - 2012

This paper summarizes financial inclusion across Africa. First, it provides a brief overview of the African financial sector landscape. Second, it uses the Global Financial Inclusion Indicators (Global Findex) database to characterize adults in Africa that use formal and informal financial...

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Financial Inclusion for Financial Stability : Access to Bank Deposits and the Growth of Deposits in the Global Financial Crisis

Han, Rui; Melecky, Martin - 2013

In crisis times, depositors get anxious, can run on banks, and withdraw their deposits. Correlated withdrawals of bank deposits could be mitigated if bank deposits are more diversified, that is, held by more individuals. This paper examines the link between the broader access to bank deposits...

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Financial Inclusion and the Role of the Post Office

Anson, Jose; Berthaud, Alexandre; Klapper, Leora - 2014

Given their widespread presence in rural and poor areas, post offices can play a leading role in advancing financial inclusion. Yet little is known about the type of clients that post offices reach through their financial service offerings as compared with clients of traditional financial...

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African Mining, Gender, and Local Employment

Kotsadam, Andreas; Tolonen, Anja - 2015

It is a contentious issue whether large scale mining creates local employment, and the sector has been accused of hurting women’s labor supply and economic opportunities. This paper uses the rapid expansion of mining in Sub-Saharan Africa to analyze local structural shifts. It matches 109...

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Determinants of a Digital Divide in Sub-Saharan Africa : A Spatial Econometric Analysis of Cell Phone Coverage

Buys, Piet; Dasgupta, Susmita; Thomas, Tim - 2012

Most discussions of the digital divide treat it as a "North-South" issue, but the conventional dichotomy doesn't apply to cell phones in Sub-Saharan Africa. Although almost all Sub-Saharan countries are poor by international standards, they exhibit great disparities in coverage by cell telephone...

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Domestic Constraints, Firm Characteristics, and Geographical Diversification of Firm-Level Manufacturing Exports in Africa

Yoshino, Yutaka - 2012

Using firm-level data on manufacturing sectors in Africa, this paper addresses how domestic supply constraints and other firm characteristics explain the geographical orientation of firms' exports and the overall market diversification of African manufacturing exports. The degree of market...

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Beyond Aid : New Sources and Innovative Mechanisms for Financing Development in Sub-Saharan Africa

Ratha, Dilip; Mohapatra, Sanket; Plaza, Sonia - 2012

Given Sub-Saharan Africa's enormous resource needs for growth, poverty reduction, and other Millennium Development …

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