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This study assesses the relationship between globalisation and the economic participation of women (EPW) in 47 Sub-Saharan African countries for the period 1990-2013. Two indicators are used to measure EPW, namely, the: female labour force participation and employment rates. The empirical...
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There is a glaring concern of income inequality in the light of the post-2015 global development agenda of sustainable … inequality in a panel of 39 countries in SSA over the period 2004-2014. Quantile regressions are used as an empirical strategy …. The following findings are established. Financial development unconditionally decreases income inequality with an …
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mobile banking and inclusive development (quality of growth, inequality and poverty) among individuals in 93 developing … (inequality) in quantiles at the high-end of inclusive development distributions for the most part. The study is original in that … development, namely: quality of growth, inequality and poverty. As a main policy implication, encouraging mobile banking …
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The study assesses the role of financial development on income inequality in a panel of 48 African countries for the …, three indicators of inequality are used, namely, the: Gini coefficient, Atkinson index and Palma ratio. The empirical … hypothesis: a humped shaped nexus between increasing GDP per capita and inequality. Policy implications are discussed. …
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This study assesses human development thresholds at which mobile banking mitigates poverty and inequality in 93 …" contribute to reducing inequality in countries at the bottom and top ends of the inequality distribution, while (ii) "mobiles ….705 in inequality and poverty specifications, respectively. The relevance of the findings is discussed in light of the …
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Handicrafts are key cultural products consumed in the Nigeria’s tourism industry. Owing to low entry barriers, as handicrafts require a low level of capital investment, there is potential to develop viable linkages between tourism and local handicrafts sectors that create economic...
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