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The main objective of this paper is to contribute to in-depth literature on the relationship between growth and the … informal sector in the presence of corruption. The impact of the interaction between growth and corruption on economic … the empirical literature because it studies the effect of the interaction between growth and corruption in the informal …
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This paper is interested in explaining the causes of the simultaneous evolution between economic growth and informality … rate is above (below) a threshold of 1.3577, economic growth reduces (increases) informal economic sector. The corruption …, public and private agents to fight corruption, in view of decreasing the informal economic sector through economic growth. …
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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 articulates the interaction between institutional governance, education and economic growth. Given the … analyze the main mechanisms by which the macroeconomic impact of education on growth (and economic development) occurs. Our … growth. The first channel highlights direct positive effect of educational quality on the incentive to accumulate human …
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Globally, investments in physical and human capital have been identified to foster real economic growth and development … complements or substitutes in varying scenarios. While domestic investments bring about endogenous growth processes, foreign … investment, though may be exogenous to growth, has been identified to bring about productivity and ecological spillovers. In view …
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The paper extends Breggren et al. (2008, EE) on "trust and growth: a shaky relationship" by incorporating recent … developments in the trust-growth literature and using a robust methodological underpinning that accounts for the presence of … documented positive trust-growth nexus is broadly confirmed. Second, when initial levels of growth come into play in determining …
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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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This research assesses the relevance of enhancing remittances on value added across economic sectors in sub-Saharan Africa for the period 1980 to 2014 using the Generalised Method of Moments. First, no significant net effects on added value to the agricultural sector are apparent. Second,...
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