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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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In this paper, we develop a new index labelled the African Women Vulnerability index (AWVI) with a focus on rural women …, health, education, economic prosperity and digitalisation. Our findings show that: (i) Botswana performs best while women in …
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In this paper, we develop a new index labelled the African Women Vulnerability Index (AWVI) with a focus on rural women …, health, education, economic prosperity and digitalisation. Our findings show that: (i) Botswana performs best while women in … digitalisation. (ii) Except for the dimension of digitalisation, rural women's vulnerabilities in other dimensions are very close to …
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This study investigates how enhancing information and communication technology (ICT) affects female economic participation in sub-Saharan African nations. Three female economic participation indicators are used, namely female labor force participation, female unemployment and female employment...
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The study examines how financial stability modulates the effect of inclusive intermediary education on female employment in the industry for the period 2008-2018 in Sub-Saharan Africa. The empirical evidence is based on Tobit, Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) and Quantile regressions. There are...
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The study has contributed to the extant literature on the relevance of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) by assessing how financial development dynamics can moderate the incidence of African trade integration on female labour force participation. The focus is on 47 African...
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This study investigates how ICT affects gender economic inclusion via gender parity education channels. We examine the …
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This study explores whether female economic inclusion enhances tax performance in a sample of 48 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa from 2000 to 2018. The study's empirical evidence is based on the generalized method of moments in order to account for endogeneity concerns. Three tax performance...
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The study has investigated the comparative importance of financial access in promoting gender inclusion in African … countries. Gender inclusion is proxied by the female labour participation rate while financial channels include: financial … stable countries enjoy better levels of "financial access"-induced gender inclusion compared to respectively, low income …
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