This paper focuses on how political regimes affect financial development in Africa, contingent on religious … propensity to effect policies that favour the development of financial intermediary depth, activity and size. Democracy has … policies towards financial development. As a policy implication, once democracy is initiated, it should be accelerated (to edge …

Access to finance is critical to successful development in Africa. This paper presents recent trends in various aspects … of development finance and provides a critical assessment of the costs of meeting the Millennium Development Goals in the …

liberalization has further undermined prospects for the economic development of SSA as productive capacities in many sectors are not …

The functioning of commodity markets has changed related to processes of financialization that involve two major … how these global financialization processes affect commodity producers in low income countries via the operational … financialization processes influence how prices are set and transmitted and how risks are distributed and managed in the cotton sectors …

The functioning of commodity markets has changed related to processes of financialization that involve two major … how these global financialization processes affect commodity producers in low income countries via the operational … financialization processes influence how prices are set and transmitted and how risks are distributed and managed in the cotton sectors …