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This study complements existing literature by investigating how investment-driven finance affects inequality in Africa …
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The employment of financial development indicators without due consideration to country/regional specific financial development realities remains an issue of substantial policy relevance. Financial depth in the perspective of money supply is not equal to liquid liabilities in every development...
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dropped substantially in all regions with the exception of Sub-Saharan Africa. We assess if poverty is in the African gene by … diversity. Hence, poverty is not in the African gene from a within-Africa comparative standpoint. Policy implications are … revisiting the findings of Ashraf and Galor (2013, AER) and reformulating the 'Out of Africa Hypothesis' into a 'Genetic …
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proposed in tackling the spirit of African poverty is a holistic commitment to fighting illicit capital flight based on …
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This study complements the inclusive growth literature by examining the determinants and consequences of the middle class in a continent where economic growth has been relatively high. The empirical evidence is based on a sample of 33 African countries for a 2010 cross-sectional study. OLS,...
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-specific and microeconomic survey-based approaches is on 52 African countries. 'Mobile phone'-oriented poverty reduction channels …
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'-oriented poverty reduction channels are discussed. Originality/value - It deviates from mainstream country-specific and microeconomic …
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which freedoms channels are poverty and inequality mitigated? With the instrumentality of formal institutions: (1) de jure … (poverty). Hence, economic freedom does not stop the wealthy from growing wealthier, but at the same time provides for … conditions that mitigate poverty. The findings broadly show that, despite the substantially documented negative incidences of …
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