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Asongu, Simplice; Eita, Joel Hinaunye - 2023

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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Inequality thresholds, governance and gender economic inclusion in sub-Saharan Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - In: International review of applied economics 34 (2020) 1, pp. 94-114

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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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The Conditional Influence of Poverty, Inequality and Severity of Poverty on Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Eita, Joel Hinaunye - 2023

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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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Financial access and value added in Sub-Saharan Africa : empirical evidence from the agricultural, manufacturing and service sectors

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2022

This research assesses the importance of financial access on value added in three economic sectors in 25 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa using data for the period 1980-2014. The empirical evidence is based on the Generalised Method of Moments. Financial access is measured with private domestic...

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Financial determinants of informal financial development in Sub-Saharan Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Soumtang, Valentine B.; Edoh, Ofeh M. - 2021

non-resident banks; offshore bank deposits and remittances. The determinants are presented from a plethora of perspectives …

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Financial access and productivity dynamics in Sub-Saharan Africa

Asongu, Simplice - 2019

The purpose of this study is to investigate whether enhancing financial access influences productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa. The research focuses on 25 countries in the region with data for the period 1980-2014. The adopted empirical strategy is the Generalised Method of Moments. The credit...

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Financial access and value added in Sub-Saharan Africa : empirical evidence from the agricultural, manufacturing and service sectors

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2022

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Tourism and income inequality in sub-Saharan African countries : the role of democracy

Jiaqun, Wang; Jotham, Kihumuro; Dossou, Toyo Amegnonna … - 2024

The tourism literature has largely neglected another important factor that may influence the tourism and income inequality relationships. This factor reflects democractic institutions of the destination country. To contribute to the tourism literature, this studyattemmps to fill a gap in the...

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