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The role of mobile money innovations in the effect of inequality on poverty and severity of poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Le Roux, Sara - 2023

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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Mobile money innovations, income inequality and gender inclusion in sub-Saharan Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Agyemang-Mintah, Peter; Nnanna, Joseph; … - In: Financial innovation : FIN 10 (2024), pp. 1-21

This study assesses the role of mobile money innovations on income inequality and gender inclusion in 42 sub-Saharan African countries from 1980 to 2019 using interactive quantile regressions. It fnds that, frst, income inequality unconditionally reduces the involvement of women in business and...

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Mobile money innovations, income inequality and gender inclusion in subSaharan Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Agyemang-Mintah, Peter; Nnanna, Joseph; … - 2023

The study assesses the role of mobile money innovations on income inequality and gender inclusion in 42 Sub-Saharan African countries for the period 1980 to 2019 using interactive quantile regressions. The following findings are established. First, income inequality unconditionally reduces the...

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Finance for sustainable development in Africa : evolution, impact and policy implications

Odhiambo, Nicholas M. (ed.); Owusu, Erasmus Larbi (ed.); … - 2023

its role in sustainable development and poverty alleviation. The book covers a range of important research issues …

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COVID-19 global pandemic, financial development and financial inclusion

Asongu, Simplice; Ojong, Nathanael; Edoh, Ofeh M. - 2021

This chapter examines how the Covid-19 pandemic has affected financial development and financial inclusion in African countries. The study provides both broad perspectives and country-specific frameworks based on selected country cases studies. Some emphasis is placed on the achievement of...

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The comparative economics of financial access in gender economic inclusion

Asongu, Simplice; Nting, Rexon T. - 2020

The study has investigated the comparative importance of financial access in promoting gender inclusion in African countries. Gender inclusion is proxied by the female labour participation rate while financial channels include: financial system deposits and private domestic credit. The empirical...

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The role of institutional infrastructures in financial inclusion-growth relations : evidence from SSA

Ajide, Kazeem Bello; Raheem, Ibrahim Dolapo; Alimi, … - 2020

This paper investigates the role of institutional infrastructures in the financial inclusion-growth nexus for a panel of twenty countries in sub-Sahara Africa (SSA).Employing the System Generalized Method of Moments (GMM), the following insightful outcomes are established. First, while there is...

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Telecommunications regulation, mobile money innovations and financial inclusion

Asongu, Simplice - In: Journal of financial regulation and compliance 31 (2023) 4, pp. 503-521

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The role of institutional infrastructures in financial inclusion-growth relations : evidence from SSA

Ajide, Kazeem Bello; Alimi, Olorunfemi Yasiru; Asongu, … - In: International journal of finance & economics : IJFE 27 (2022) 1, pp. 175-191

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The of role economic growth in modulating mobile connectivity dynamics for financial inclusion in developing countries

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2022

This study establishes economic growth needed for supply-side mobile money drivers in developing countries to be positively related to mobile money innovations in the perspectives of mobile money accounts, the mobile phone used to send money, and the mobile phone used to receive money. The...

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