economic growth in West Africa. Design/methodology/approach - The study uses the dynamic fixed effects technique on the … validity of the supply-leading hypothesis in West Africa. As such, by deepening the financial system, the growth of the … the first to jointly examine these important growth determinants, especially in the context of West Africa. This becomes …

The lower levels of financial inclusion and severe financial inclusion gaps in Africa motivates the investigation of …

This study investigated two key questions: what is the impact of industrialisation on urbanisation in Africa? and to …

Using a mix of survey and secondary datasets on Africa, we document that banks and non-bank financial institutions … account for more than 85 percent of corporate bonds issued in Africa during 2000—2020, with a market capitalization of over 80 … percent of these bonds. Africa’s markets have modern trading infrastructures such as automated trading systems (ATSs) and …