This study complements existing literature by investigating how investment-driven finance affects inequality in Africa …-2002). Inequality is measured with estimated household income inequality whereas financial development is proxied with financial depth …

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. …

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 …

The study investigates linkages between financial development, income inequality and renewable energy consumption from … renewable energy consumption while income inequality counteracts the underlying positive effect. The QR results reveal that the … inequality that should not be exceeded are computed for bottom quantiles of the renewable energy consumption distribution while …

The study examines nexuses between carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, renewable energy consumption and inequality in 39 … the 25th quantile of the inequality distributions, as long as CO2 emissions metric tons per capita are kept below 4.700 (4 … energy consumption for complementary policies, in the nexus between the green economy and inequality. …

-Swan and Boyce-Fofack-Ndikumana. The central argument presented is that the inequality problem is at the heart of rational … asymmetric development between rich and poor countries. Piketty has shown that inequality increases when the return on capital is … economy (or capitalism-fuelled illicit capital flight) is higher than the growth rate in African countries, inequality in …