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This study investigates the role of mobile money innovations in the incidence of income inequality on poverty and … are established. (i) Income inequality unconditionally reduces poverty and the severity of poverty though the significance … significantly moderate the positive incidence of income inequality on poverty and the severity of poverty in some quantiles. (iii …
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inequality and severity of poverty on economic growth. The focus is on 42 countries in sub-Saharan Africa with data from 1980 to … quantile regressions in order to assess how income inequality and poverty dynamics affect economic growth throughout the … economic growth and (ii) comparative incidences of poverty and inequality in affecting economic growth. …
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The study assesses how financial institution dynamics have affected poverty and the severity of poverty in 42 sub … institutions dynamics affect poverty and the severity of poverty throughout the conditional distribution of poverty and severity of … poverty. The findings show various tendencies, inter alia: (i) financial institutions depth (efficiency) consistently …
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growth resurgence. This chapter explores the role of transfer mispricing in SSA's extreme poverty tragedy. The analytical … high levels of exclusive growth and extreme poverty; (iv) the practice of transfer mispricing by multinationals operating …A recent publication by the World Bank on Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) has established that extreme poverty has …
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Motivated by a recent World Bank report on achieving of Millennium Development Goals which shows that poverty has been …
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emphasis on documented measures of MFI sustainability, stylized facts surrounding the phenomenon, perspectives on the growth of … MFIs, determinants of the growth of MFIs and the impact of MFIs. …
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This study provides thresholds of inequality that should not be exceeded if gender inclusive education is to enhance … and inequality is unfavourable to gender economic inclusion. Second, a Gini coefficient that nullifies the positive … associated with lower levels of education are not significant. As the main policy implication, income inequality should not be …
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The study assesses the role of mobile money innovations on income inequality and gender inclusion in 42 Sub …. First, income inequality unconditionally reduces the involvement of women in business and politics. Second, mobile money … innovations interact with income inequality to have a positive impact on women in business and politics. Third, net effects from …
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This study examines whether knowledge causes economic growth in Africa's two leading economies: Nigeria and South … for Nigeria. In the short run, it is observed that knowledge unidirectionally Granger causes growth for Nigeria, whereas … bidirectional causality is observed for South Africa. The higher correlation between knowledge and growth in South Africa reflects …
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various governance dynamics on inclusive growth in SSA. We do this by testing two hypotheses first, whether unconditionally …, political stability, and voice and accountability) foster inclusive growth in SSA; and second, whether these governance dynamics … engender positive synergy with FDI on inclusive growth in SSA. Using data from the World Bank's World Governance Indicators and …
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