Search Results - subject:"AFRICA"

Upstarts vs incumbents : the interaction between fintech credit and bank lending in Sub-Saharan Africa

Mashamba, Tafirei; Gani, Shenaaz - In: Cogent economics & finance 12 (2024) 1, pp. 1-19

This study analyzes how fintech credit affects bank lending in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and how this relationship is … fintech and traditional banking in Sub-Saharan Africa, providing valuable insights for policymakers and industry leaders …

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Assessing the extent, the evolution, and the sources of inequality of opportunity in Sierra Leone and The Gambia

Peragine, Vitorocco; Zotti, Giorgia - 2024

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Industrialization and carbon emission nexus in Sub-Saharan Africa : the moderating role of trade openness

Amoah, Joseph Owusu; Alagidede, Imhotep Paul; Sare, … - In: Cogent economics & finance 12 (2024) 1, pp. 1-18

in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). We utilized purposive sampling technique to select 28 SSA countries from 2003 to 2021. The …

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The contributions of foreign aid and natural resource wealth to democratic institutions : evidence from over 40 years of sub-Sahara Africa's history

Acheampong, Alex O.; Taden, John - In: Journal of government and economics : JGE 16 (2024), pp. 1-19

This study evaluates the influence of natural resource rents and foreign aid on democracy using panel data from 45 SSA countries from 1980 to 2021. Using five different democracy indices, six different foreign aid variables and six different natural resource rent variables, our...

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Marketing financial services in Africa : exploring the heterogeneous middle-class consumer across nine countries

Chikweche, Tendai; Lappeman, James; Egan, Paul - In: Journal of financial services marketing 29 (2024) 1, pp. 1-16

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Institutions and challenges to development : an Analysis of economic growth, governance, and development in Sub-Saharan Africa

Sangare, Youssouf; Adotey, Edem - 2024

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Working conditions of subnational government workers in selected African countries (Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Mozambique, and South Africa)

Ndevu, Zweli Julian; Mangai, Mary S.; Carrión-Crespo, … - 2024

countries: Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Mozambique, and South Africa with a special emphasis on promoting decent working … differences, some shared challenges and promising practices emerge that provide useful insights for policymaking. South Africa …

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The tax elasticity of formal work in sub-Saharan African countries

McKay, Andy; Pirttilä, Jukka; Schimanski, Caroline - In: The journal of development studies 60 (2024) 2, pp. 217-244

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Key players in economic development

Amarasinghe, Ashani; Hodler, Roland; Raschky, Paul A.; … - In: Journal of economic behavior & organization 223 (2024), pp. 40-56

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Tackling the last hurdles of poverty entrenchment : an investigation of poverty dynamics for Ghana during 2005/06-2016/17

Dang, Hai-Anh; Raju, Dhushyanth; Tanaka, Tomomi; … - 2024

Ghana has managed to consistently keep its poverty rate lower than the regional average over the past 25 years, but this positive trend slowed down recently. We investigate the dynamics of overall, moderate, and extreme poverty in Ghana during 2005/06-2016/17, addressing the lack of actual panel...

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