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Digital divide and financial development in Africa

Mignamissi, Dieudonné; Djijo T., Audrey J. - In: Telecommunications policy : the international journal … 45 (2021) 9, pp. 1-18

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Towards inclusive growth in Africa : remittances, and financial development interactive effects and thresholds

Ofori, Isaac Kwesi; Gbolonyo, Emmanuel Y.; Dossou, Toyo … - In: Journal of multinational financial management 68 (2023), pp. 1-19

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Revisiting the impact of financial development on income inequality and poverty reduction : empirical evidence from selected sub-Saharan African countries

Tabash, Mosab I.; Anagreh, Suhaib; Adeosun, Opeoluwa Adeniyi - In: International journal of organizational analysis 31 (2023) 7, pp. 3393-3412

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Towards inclusive growth in Africa : remittances, and financial development interactive effects and thresholds

Ofori, Isaac Kwesi; Gbolonyo, Emmanuel Y.; Dossou, Toyo … - 2023

remittances are not statistically significant in promoting inclusive growth in Africa. Notably, across the economic growth and …, they deepen the latter. Second, we find that Africa's underdeveloped financial sector dampens the marginal positive effect … with complementary policies to foster inclusive growth in Africa, a minimum threshold of 14.5% is required. We conclude by …

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Smart phones support smart labor

Hübler, Michael; Hartje, Rebecca - 2015

Besides enabling communication, mobile phones and smartphones support information flows and financial transactions, especially in developing countries, where the coverage of landline networks is limited. Drawing upon new data from rural households in Southeast Asia, this paper shows that mobile...

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The role of economic prosperity on informality in Africa : evidence of corruption thresholds from PSTR

Njoya, Loudi; Ngouhouo, Ibrahim; Asongu, Simplice; … - 2022

This paper is interested in explaining the causes of the simultaneous evolution between economic growth and informality. Using a large annual panel of African countries with a time series of 25 years, ours results show that when the corruption rate is above (below) a threshold of 1.3577,...

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Mobile Phones and Economic Development in Africa

Aker, Jenny C. - 2014

potential impacts upon quality of life in low-income countries, with a particular focus on sub-Saharan Africa. They first … provide an overview of the patterns and determinants of mobile phone coverage in sub-Saharan Africa before describing the … development in sub-Saharan Africa. Careful impact evaluations of mobile phone development projects are required to better …

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The mobile phone in governance for environmental sustainability in Sub-Saharan Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Nting, Rexon T. - 2021

In this study, we assess how the mobile phone can be leveraged upon to improve the role of governance in environmental sustainability in 44 Sub-Saharan African countries. The Generalised Method of Moments is used to establish policy thresholds. A threshold is a critical mass or level of mobile...

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The role of mobile phones in governance-driven technology exports in Sub-Saharan Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Asongu, Ndemaze - 2017

) exports in Sub-Saharan Africa with data from 2000-2012. The empirical evidence is based on Generalised Method of Moments and …

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Mobile phones, institutional quality and entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2016

This study investigates the role of mobile phones in governance for doing business in Sub-Saharan Africa with data from …

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