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The role of institutions in output growth volatility-financial development nexus
Raheem, Ibrahim Dolapo; Bello Ajide, Kazeem; Adeniyi, … - In: Journal of Economic Studies 43 (2016) 6, pp. 910-927
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of institutions in the financial development-output growth …, institutions do not have the same reducing influence on output growth volatility. Third, the interaction of financial development … and institutions showed that the output volatility reduction arising from financial development is enhanced in the …
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Output growth volatility, remittances and institutions
Ajide, Kazeem Bello; Raheem, Ibrahim D.; Adeniyi, Oluwatosin - In: International Journal of Development Issues 14 (2015) 3, pp. 190-203
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to empirically examine the role of institutions on the remittances–output growth … pronounced in the presence of well-functioning institutions. Finally, the interaction of remittances with our six institutional … quality measures showed that growth volatility reduced considerably with better institutions. Practical implications – In …
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What determines financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa?
Chikalipah, Sydney - In: African Journal of Economic and Management Studies 8 (2017) 1, pp. 8-18
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the determinants of financial inclusion (FI) in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Design/methodology/approach The paper uses the World Bank country-level data from 20 SSA countries for the year 2014. Findings The empirical findings in this study...
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Account ownership and use of financial services among individuals
Wale, Letenah Ejigu; Makina, Daniel - In: African Journal of Economic and Management Studies 8 (2017) 1, pp. 19-35
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand the effect of individual characteristics (such as sex, age, education and income) on the likelihood of account ownership and use in selected Sub-Saharan African (SSA) economies. Account use is operationalized into two constructs namely the use...
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Institutional frames for financial inclusion of poor households in Sub-Saharan Africa
Bongomin, George Okello Candiya; Ntayi, Joseph Mpeera; … - In: International Journal of Social Economics 43 (2016) 11, pp. 1096-1114
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine institutional frames for financial inclusion of poor households in a Sub-Saharan Africa context and provide policy implications in solving the persistent problem of limited inclusion of poor households into mainstream formal financial services in...
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Financial inclusion and its determinants: evidence from India
Kumar, Nitin - In: Journal of Financial Economic Policy 5 (2013) 1, pp. 4-19
Purpose – The objective of paper is to examine status of financial inclusion in India and study its determinants. Design/methodology/approach – Panel fixed effects and dynamic panel generalized methods of moments (GMM) methodologies have been applied to study determinants of financial...
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Financial inclusion in India: an application of TOPSIS
Yadav, Priyanka; Sharma, Anil Kumar - In: Humanomics 32 (2016) 3, pp. 328-351
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to combine the critical parameters used to study financial inclusion into a composite index. The idea is to rank Indian states and union territories (UTs) on the basis of this index, determine change in ranks during 2011 to 2014 and identify factors affecting...
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Introduction to the financial services in Africa special issue
Makina, Daniel - In: African Journal of Economic and Management Studies 8 (2017) 1, pp. 2-7
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the landscape of financial services in Africa through the prism of a selection of research papers. Design/methodology/approach This is a review of literature that focusses on access to financial services (i.e. financial inclusion) and empirical...
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Reimagining financial inclusion in the post COVID-19 world: the case of Grameen America
Mousa, Rania; Ozili, Peterson K. - In: International Journal of Ethics and Systems 39 (2022) 3, pp. 532-556
wide range of relevant microlending institutions could help improve the generalization of the findings. Also, this case … is that policymakers should encourage the creation of more member-based financial and non-financial institutions that can … microlending institutions such as Grameen Bank to achieve financial inclusion among financially vulnerable women. This case study …
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The Many Faces of the Market
Boettke, Peter J.; Coyne, Christopher J.; Leeson, Peter T. - In: Journal des �conomistes et des �tudes Humaines 14 (2004) 2
While markets are all around us, not all markets are the same. Markets come in a variety of colors based on the legality of activities in the specific market. As such, there is no market economy per se, but instead various shades of markets. The different shades of markets that are evidenced in...
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