In the face of rapid demographic transitions, Sub-Saharan African countries stand at a critical juncture where the potential for harnessing a demographic dividend to fuel economic growth is immense. This demographic shift presents both challenges and opportunities, with the right investments in...

This study analyzes how fintech credit affects bank lending in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and how this relationship is influenced by financial inclusion measured by bank branch networks. We utilized the system GMM to examine data spanning 19 SSA economies from 2013 to 2019. This study finds that...

A strong monetary policy is critical to the overall health of an economy. Again, funding availability for firms is crucial and acts as a spur for well-designed monetary policy. The implications are far-reaching and have an impact on government revenue collection, which helps to enhance social...

The objective of this study is to determine how perception of corruption affects the relationship between women's empowerment and gender inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa. To do this, it uses two estimators of the generalized method of moments on a sample of 45 countries between 2002 and 2021. It...

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...

Considering the potential role of environmental institutions in abating environmental pollution, this study deviates from previous studies by assessing how policy and institutions for environmental sustainability (PIES) mitigate the adverse effects of aggregate and disaggregated trade on the...