been strong, yet poverty remains high. Underlying the shortage of good livelihoods and high social inequality is the lack …Africa has come a long way since the economic turmoil of the 1980s, the decade of "structural adjustment". Growth has …

other financial sectors has a disequalizing income effect. (2) Growth of informal and semi-formal financial sectors at the …

severity and intensity of poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Using data from the World Bank's World Development Indicators …, ICT usage, and ICT access, ICT skills is remarkable in reducing both the severity and intensity of poverty. The results … further unveil that, though ICT skills reduce the intensity and severity of poverty in SSA, the effect is more pronounced in …

This study provides thresholds of inequality that should not be exceeded if gender inclusive education is to enhance … and inequality is unfavourable to gender economic inclusion. Second, a Gini coefficient that nullifies the positive … associated with lower levels of education are not significant. As the main policy implication, income inequality should not be …

In this study, we examine how insurance affects income inequality in sub-Saharan Africa, using data from 42 countries … during the period 2004-2014. Three inequality variables are used, namely: the Gini coefficient, the Atkinson index and the … inequality, while 0.855 of non-life insurance premiums (% of GDP) is the threshold required for non-life insurance to negatively …

relationship between inequality and growth, the role of agriculture in the development process, the relationships between ethnicity …This paper discusses dimensions of inequality in sub-Saharan Africa and their causes. It starts with a review of the … empirical evidence about inequality during the colonial period as well as the post-independence era. Then it discusses the …

This study investigates the role of mobile money innovations in the incidence of income inequality on poverty and … are established. (i) Income inequality unconditionally reduces poverty and the severity of poverty though the significance … significantly moderate the positive incidence of income inequality on poverty and the severity of poverty in some quantiles. (iii …

This study complements existing literature by investigating how investment-driven finance affects inequality in Africa …-2002). Inequality is measured with estimated household income inequality whereas financial development is proxied with financial depth …