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The effect of inequality on poverty and severity of poverty in SSA : the role of financial development institutions
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2023
income inequality on poverty and the severity of poverty in 42 Sub-Saharan African countries from 1980 to 2019. The Gini … index is used to measure income inequality while poverty is measured as the poverty headcount ratio, and the severity of … poverty is generated as the squared of the poverty gap index. An interactive quantile regression approach is used as an …
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The effect of inequality on poverty and severity of poverty in SSA : the role of financial development institutions
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2023
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014285799
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Revisiting the finance-growth nexus in sub-Saharan Africa : does the level of income inequality matter?
Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - In: Research in globalization 6 (2023), pp. 1-9
In this paper, the modulating effect of income inequality in the finance-growth nexus using data from 29 sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries is examined. The study examines i) whether financial development still spurs economic growth in the studied countries, and ii) whether income inequality...
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The Links between Finance and Inequality : Channels and Evidence
Claessens, Stijn; Perotti, Enrico - 2012
Much attention has been given to whether market reforms reduce or increase inequality. Inequality often reflects unequal access to productive opportunities and recent evidence has highlighted the presence of onerous barriers to entry, especially in developing countries. This paper focuses on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012554458
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Financial development and remittance in African countries
Odhiambo, Nicholas M.; Magombeyi, Mercy Tsitsi - In: Finance for sustainable development in Africa : …, (pp. 215-232). 2023
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Financial sector development and the Millennium Development Goals
Claessens, Stijn; Feijen, Erik - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003473014
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Financial deepening and poverty reduction in Zambia : an empirical investigation
Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - In: International journal of social economics 37 (2010) 1/2, pp. 41-53
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Is financial development a spur to poverty reduction? : Kenya's experience
Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - In: Journal of economic studies 37 (2010) 3/4, pp. 343-353
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Finance And Hunger : Empirical Evidence of The Agricultural Productivity Channel
Claessens, Stijn - 2006
Using cross-country and panel regressions, the authors show that financial sector development significantly reduces undernourishment (hunger), largely through gaining farmers and others access to productivity-enhancing equipment, translating into beneficial income and general effects. They show...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010521983
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Finance and Hunger : Empirical Evidence of the Agricultural Productivity Channel
Claessens, Stijn; Feijen, Erik - 2012
Using cross-country and panel regressions, the authors show that financial sector development significantly reduces undernourishment (hunger), largely through gaining farmers and others access to productivity-enhancing equipment, translating into beneficial income and general effects. They show...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012553901