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Mobile banking and mobile phone penetration : which is more pro-poor in Africa?
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2013
The contribution of this paper to complement theoretical and qualitative mobile penetration literature with empirical evidence is twofold: firstly, we assess the income-redistributive effect of mobile phone penetration and; secondly, the instrumentality of financial development dynamics in this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409902
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How has mobile banking stimulated financial development in Africa?
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2012
In the first empirical assessment of the incidence of mobile banking on financial intermediary development in Africa …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410061
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How has mobile phone penetration stimulated financial development in Africa?
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2012
In the first macroeconomic empirical assessment of the relationship between mobile phones and finance, this paper examines the correlations between mobile phone penetration and financial development using two conflicting definitions of the financial system in the financial development...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410063
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On the effect of state fragility on corruption
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2014
The Kodila-Tedika & Bolito-Losembe (2014, ADR) finding on no evidence of causality flowing from State fragility to classical corruption or extreme corruption could have an important influence on academic and policy debates. Using updated data (1996-2010) from 53 African countries, we provide...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409094
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Mobile phone penetration, mobile banking and inclusive development in Africa
Asongu, Simplice A.; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2016
The study assesses the role of mobile phones and mobile banking in decreasing inequality in 52 African countries. The empirical procedure involves first, examining the income-redistributive effect of mobile phone penetration and then investigating the contribution of mobile banking services in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011496397
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How has mobile phone penetration stimulated financial development in Africa?
Asongu, Simplice A. - In: Journal of African business 14 (2013) 1/3, pp. 7-18
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Conditional determinants of mobile phones penetration and mobile banking in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2015
Using twenty-five policy variables, we investigate determinants of mobile phone/banking in 49 Sub-Saharan African countries with data for the year 2011. The determinants are classified into six policy categories, notably: macroeconomic, business/bank, market-related, knowledge economy, external...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011407897
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Women in power and power of women : the Liberian experience
Kodila-Tedika, Oasis; Asongu, Simplice A. - 2015
Do women really improve conditions for gender equality after becoming heads of states? This study investigates if … having a woman at the helm of country's decision making processes leads to better indicators on women conditions. Using time …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011408493
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The impact of entrepreneurship on knowledge economy in Africa
Asongu, Simplice A.; Tchamyou, Vanessa S. - 2015
Purpose - The paper assesses how entrepreneurship affects knowledge economy (KE) in Africa. Design …/methodology/approach – Entrepreneurship is measured by indicators of starting, doing and ending business. The four dimensions of the World Bank’s index of KE …-tech commodities in Africa, the continent has to start thinking of how to participate in the global value chain of producing what it …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410617
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The effects of remittances on output per worker in Sub-Saharan Africa : a production function approach
Ssozi, John; Asongu, Simplice A. - 2014
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries from 1980-2010. We find that remittances directly increase output per worker if …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409201