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firms in Nigeria. Most studies that have considered financial inclusion have largely focused on household access to the … developing countries like Nigeria. On the one hand, financial inclusion is measured using a multidimensional measure, which … includes (i) firms having between 20-40 percent of their working capital financed through borrowing from the bank; (ii) firms …
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firms in Nigeria. Most studies that have considered financial inclusion have largely focused on household access to the … developing countries like Nigeria. On the one hand, financial inclusion is measured using a multidimensional measure, which … includes (i) firms having between 20-40 percent of their working capital financed through borrowing from the bank; (ii) firms …
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This study investigates the legitimacy of the relatively high interest rates charged by those microfinance institutions (MFIs) which have been transformed into regulated commercial banks using information garnered from a panel of 1232 MFIs from 107 developing countries. Results show that...
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This study compares the responsiveness of microcredit interest rates to age, scale of lending and organisational charter. It uses an unbalanced panel of 300 MFIs from 107 developing countries from 2005 to 2015. Three key trends emerge from the results of a 2SLS regression. First, the adoption of...
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This study compares the responsiveness of microcredit interest rates to age, scale of lending and organisational charter. It uses an unbalanced panel of 300 MFIs from 107 developing countries from 2005 to 2015. Three key trends emerge from the results of a 2SLS regression. First, the adoption of...
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dimensions identified by the Financial Development and Structure Database of the World Bank. The findings consistently reveal: (i …
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Over the years, agriculture has been considered as a panacea for long-term economic growth as believed by the physiocracy school of thought. Aligning this with the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (specifically UN-SDG-2 which highlights zero hunger), the present study empirically...
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