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Information asymmetry and financial development dynamics in Africa

Asongu, Simplice A.; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C.; Tchamyou, … - 2015

We examine policy thresholds of information sharing for financial development in 53 African countries for the period 2004-2011. Public credit registries (PCR) and private credit bureaus (PCB) are used as proxies for reducing information asymmetry whereas financial development includes all...

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Central Banking in Africa : Prospects in a Changing World

Caruana, Jaime - 2013

Governors and senior officials representing some two dozen central banks from Africa and other regions of the world met … at the BIS in May 2011 to discuss the monetary policy and financial stability issues facing Africa after the global … where the crisis could have had potentially the largest impact on central banking in Africa: (i) financial access; (ii …

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The Effect of Reducing Information Asymmetry on Loan Price and Quantity in the African Banking Industry

Asongu, Simplice - 2017

The purpose of this study is to assess how information sharing offices affect loan price and quantity in the African banking industry. The empirical evidence is based on a panel of 162 banks in 42 countries for the period 2001-2011. From the Generalised Method of Moments, public credit...

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Technology-Driven Information Sharing and Conditional Financial Development in Africa

Asongu, Simplice - 2019

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...

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Inequality, ICT and Financial Access in Africa

S. Tchamyou, Vanessa - 2018

This study investigates the role of information and communication technology (ICT) on income inequality through financial development dynamics of depth (money supply and liquid liabilities), efficiency (at banking and financial system levels), activity (from banking and financial system...

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Information Asymmetry and Insurance in Africa

Asongu, Simplice - 2020

In this study, we assess the relevance of decreasing information asymmetry on life and non-life insurance consumption, by using data from 48 African countries during the period 2004-2014. Reduced information asymmetry is proxied by information sharing offices, namely: public credit registries...

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Information Asymmetry and Financial Development Dynamics in Africa

Asongu, Simplice - 2017

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Education, Lifelong Learning, Inequality and Financial Access : Evidence from African Countries

S. Tchamyou, Vanessa - 2018

This study investigates the role of financial access in modulating the effect of education and lifelong learning on inequality in 48 African countries for the period 1996 to 2014. Lifelong learning is conceived and measured as the combined knowledge gained from primary through tertiary education...

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Linkages between Financial Development, Financial Instability, Financial Liberalisation and Economic Growth in Africa

Batuo, Micheal - 2018

In the aftermath of the 2008 global financial crisis, the implications of financial liberalisation for stability and economic growth has come under increased scrutiny. One strand of literature posits a positive relationship between financial liberalisation and economic growth and development....

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Financial liberalization and its implications for private savings in sub-Saharan Africa

Asiedu, Elizabeth; Asiseh, Fafanyo; Mannah-Blankson, Theresa - 2022

savings in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), with a focus on the effect of financial liberalization on private savings. It also …

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