Togo, finance does not seem to engender portfolio investment; (3)contrary to mainstream literature, financial efficiency … size) as well as four types of investment flows(domestic, foreign, portfolio and total). (2) The chosen investment and … assessment of the finance-investment nexus. Design/methodology/approach - VAR models in the perspectives of VECM and short …

from a long-run perspective by assessing the relationships between population growth and a plethora of investment dynamics …) deplete public investment but augment domestic investment in Zambia; (4) diminish private investment and improve domestic … investment in the Congo Republic and Sudan respectively. Practical implications - Mainstream positive linkage of population …

long-run perspective by assessing the relationships among population growth and a plethora of investment dynamics: public … findings reveal a long-run positive causal linkage from population growth to only public investment. But for domestic … investment, permanent fluctuations in human capital affect permanent changes in other forms of investments. Robustness checks on …

intermediary channels of depth, efficiency, activity and size. The findings show that legal origin matters in the finance-investment … nexus, though its ability to explain aggregate investment dynamics only through financial intermediary channels is limited …

Contrary to mainstream consensus on the dominance of English common law countries in investment prospects, this paper … in private investment. The assessment is based on 38 African countries for the period 1996-2007. The law mechanisms of … North African) have influenced a plethora of investment dynamics (domestic, foreign, private and public). The dominance of …

funds only benefit the rich to the detriment of the poor. The use of financial and investment dimensions previously missing …

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 reveal, but for the case of foreign investment, financial …

Togo, finance does not seem to engender portfolio investment; (3)contrary to mainstream literature, financial efficiency … size) as well as four types of investment flows(domestic, foreign, portfolio and total). (2) The chosen investment and … assessment of the finance-investment nexus. Design/methodology/approach - VAR models in the perspectives of VECM and short …

Purpose - The study extends the debate on finance versus institutions in the promotion of investment documented by … investment, notably: political, economic and institutional governances. Financial indicators of depth, allocation efficiency … governance as a better determinant of private investment than financial intermediary development. Moreover, the evidence of …