This doctoral dissertation analyses the transmission of monetary policy. It applies a variety of empirical methods to study how conventional and unconventional monetary policy measures transmit to different macroeconomic and financial variables. The first article analyses the effect of monetary...

Preface / James K. Galbraith -- Introduction: financial development : the sword of damocles hanging over the process of economic development / Faruk Ülgen -- Financial liberalization, crises and policy implications / Philip Arestis -- Global financing: a bad medicine for developing countries /...

Corporate Finance and Financial Development: An Introduction -- Entrepreneurs' dynamic capabilities, financial resource development and financial performance among small and medium enterprises in emerging markets: Experience from Tanzania -- Does ICT Diffusion Drive the Finance-Growth Nexus?...

"Although a number of African countries have made efforts to implement various financial sector reforms, many countries have not fully implemented the requisite reforms required for sustainable development. Instead, they have focused mainly on bank-based financial reforms, thereby neglecting...

The interrelationship between economic growth, efficient use of natural resources, and sustainability has been of great interest to economists, researchers and policy makers. Knowledge of actual causality direction between sustainability, efficiency and growth has important implications for...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. What Really Drives Financial Sector Development in Ghana? -- Chapter 3. Harnessing Financial Innovation for Financial Inclusion in Ghana -- Chapter 4. Financial Inclusion and Monetary Policy Effectiveness in Ghana -- Chapter 5. Gendered Financial Behaviour...