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New financial development indicators : with a critical contribution to inequality empirics
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2013
The employment of financial development indicators without due consideration to country/regional specific financial development realities remains an issue of substantial policy relevance. Financial depth in the perspective of money supply is not equal to liquid liabilities in every development...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409823
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Information sharing and conditional financial development in Africa
Asongu, Simplice A.; Anyanwu, John C.; Tchamyou, Vanessa S. - 2016
This study examines conditional financial development from information sharing in 53 African countries for the period 2004-2011, using contemporary and non-contemporary quantile regressions (QR) which enable the assessment of the effect of information sharing throughout the conditional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011417477
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Evaluating the relationship between financial sustainability and socio-economic development of countries
Kremen, Viktoriia; Shkolnyk, Inna; Semenog, Andrii; … - In: Central European economic journal 6 (2019) 53, pp. 25-38
This paper examines the mainstream theories of "financial sustainability" and "financial development". It is suggested understanding "financial development" as the complex dynamic characteristics of the financial sector, which is formed under the influence of financial and economic policy...
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Technology-driven information sharing and conditional financial development in Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Anyanwu, John C.; Tchamyou, Vanessa S. - 2017
Information technology is increasingly facilitating mechanisms by which information asymmetry between lenders and borrowers in the financial sector can be reduced in order to enhance financial access for human and economic development in developing countries. We examine conditional financial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011638883
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The nexus of external debt, private investment and financial development : evidence from selected SACU countries
Muyambiri, Brian; Mabejane, John-Baptiste - In: Economic review : journal of economics & business 21 (2023) 1, pp. 25-40
This paper examines the dynamic causal relationship between financial development, external debt and investment in Lesotho, Namibia and Eswatini from 1980-2020 using a multivariate Granger-causality model. The study considers trade, savings and economic growth as intermittent variables in the...
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012321104
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Inequality, ICT and financial access in Africa
Tchamyou, Vanessa S.; Erreygers, Guido; Cassimon, Danny - 2018
This study investigates the role of information and communication technology (ICT) on income inequality through … to reduce inequality contingent on ICT, only the effect of financial depth in reducing inequality is robust to the … on this extension show that ICT reduces income inequality through formal financial sector development and financial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011998776
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The nexus between financial development and poverty reduction in Egypt
Kheir, Vivian Bushra - In: Review of economics and political science : REPS 3 (2018) 2, pp. 40-55
Purpose - The purpose of this study is to empirically examine the impact of financial development on poverty reduction … in Egypt. The paper also investigates whether financial development affects poverty via gross domestic product (GDP … specifications. The first is dependent on poverty by the ratio domestic credit to the private sector (percentage of GDP) and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012156882
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The effect of inequality on poverty and severity of poverty in SSA : the role of financial development institutions
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2023
income inequality on poverty and the severity of poverty in 42 Sub-Saharan African countries from 1980 to 2019. The Gini … index is used to measure income inequality while poverty is measured as the poverty headcount ratio, and the severity of … empirical strategy. Income inequality unconditionally increases poverty dynamics while the financial institutions' depth and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014280126
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Financial inclusion and inclusive growth in sub-Saharan Africa
Sarpong, Bernard; Nketiah-Amponsah, Edward - In: Cogent economics & finance 10 (2022) 1, pp. 1-17
This paper empirically examines the quantitative relationship between financial inclusion and inclusive growth in sub-Saharan Africa using a panel of 46 countries for the period 2004–2018. The evidence suggests that usage of financial services, among other covariates, has a quantifiable and...
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