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Development in Africa
Pelizzo, Riccardo; Kinyondo, Abel; Nwokora, Zim - 2018
The purpose of the chapter is to analyze Africa's economic successes in the past half century, to understand not only what made it possible but also and more importantly what risk factors may eventually bring it to an end or compromise it. While it may not be possible for Africa to alter, for...
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Development in Africa
Pelizzo, Riccardo; Kinyondo, Abel; Nwokora, Zim - 2018
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011956950
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Microfinance and micropreneurship in rural South-East Nigeria : an exploration of the effects of institutions
Ukanwa, Irene; Xiong, Lin; Wasim, Jahangir; Galloway, Laura - In: Entrepreneurship and regional development : an … 34 (2022) 7/8, pp. 650-667
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Coming to Africa : Should Black Americans Emigrate
Robinson, Brooks B. - 2011
/or their own genius, millions more are suffering in poverty or as “vulnerables” on the edge of poverty (Robinson 2007B). Given …
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The Gun-Slave Cycle in the 18th century British slave trade in Africa
Whatley, Warren - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
economies and contributed to long-term poverty. In this paper I combine data from the Transatlantic Slave Trade Database and the …
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SDGs and digital financial services (DFS) entrepreneurship : challenges and opportunities in Africa’s largest economy
David-West, Olayinka; Nwagwu, Ijeoma - In: Entrepreneurship and the sustainable development goals, (pp. 103-117). 2018
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Multiple Borrowing, Over-Indebtedness, and the Microcredit Addiction Syndrome : Evidence from Some African Countries
Koomson, Isaac - 2018
to link over-indebtedness to microcredit addiction using desktop review and a focus group discussion with microfinance … in the delivery of their core mandate regarding poverty reduction, clients' addiction to micro-credit will be reduced …
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The comparative economics of financial access in gender economic inclusion
Asongu, Simplice; Nting, Rexon T. - 2020
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 system deposits and private domestic credit. The empirical...
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Adopting mobile money : evidence from an experiment in rural Africa
Batista, Catia; Vicente, Pedro C. - 2020
Who uses mobile money? What is mobile money used for? This paper describes the mobile money adoption patterns following the experimental introduction of mobile money for the first time in rural areas of Southern Mozambique. We use a combination of administrative and household survey data to...
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Can Microfinance Reach the Poorest: Evidence from a Community-Managed Microfinance Intervention
Lønborg, Jonas Helth; Rasmussen, Ole Dahl - Rockwool Fondens Forskningsenhed (RFF) - 2013
Reaching the poorest is an important objective in many development interventions, and microfinance is no exception. We … account for extent and severity of poverty as well as the income distribution among the poor. When applying this to a panel … dataset from a community-managed microfinance intervention in Northern Malawi, we find regressive outreach: Participants are …
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