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gender inclusive formal economic participation in sub-Saharan Africa. The empirical evidence is based on the Generalised …
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This article examines the causal relationship between foreign aid, poverty, and economic growth in 82 developing … relationship between economic growth and poverty; (b) a unidirectional causal relationship from economic growth to foreign aid; and … (c) unidirectional causality from poverty to foreign aid. In the long-run, the study found that (a) foreign aid tends to …
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This study assesses human development thresholds at which mobile banking mitigates poverty and inequality in 93 … used to receive/send money’ have an appealing role in promoting inclusive development in all poverty distributions, with ….705 in inequality and poverty specifications, respectively. The relevance of the findings is discussed in light of the …
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This study investigates the impact of foreign capital inflows on poverty in Vietnam, using annual time series data from … the poverty alleviation agenda. Foreign direct investment (FDI) and external debt were used as proxies for foreign capital … inflows; and infant mortality rate, Human Development Index (HDI) and household consumption expenditure were used as poverty …
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This study examines the importance of inclusive human development in promoting education quality in a panel of forty-nine Sub-Saharan African countries for the period 2000-2012. The empirical evidence is based on Ordinary Least Squares (OLS), Fixed Effects (FE) and Quantile Regression (QR)...
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The study investigates the relevance of information and communication technology (ICT) in modulating the effect of financial access on female economic participation. Female economic participation is proxied by female labor force participation, financial access is measured with deposit and credit...
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This study examines if enhancing ICT reduces inequality in 48 countries in Africa for the period 2004-2014. Three …
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in 49 countries in sub-Saharan Africa for the period 2000-2012. The question it aims to answer is the following: what is …- Saharan Africa when initial levels of inclusive human development are taken into account? The empirical evidence is based on …
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This study investigates the effect of inequality on female employment in 42 countries in sub- Saharan Africa for the …
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Inequality and gender economic exclusion are major policy concerns facing sub-Saharan Africa in the post-2015 … gender economic participation. The research focuses on 42 countries in sub-Saharan Africa using annual data spanning from …
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