This paper sought to establish the linkages between bank performance and real sector productivity. We use data for five East African countries (Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda) for the period 2014-2022. We initially deploy the traditional panel fixed effects regression and...

This study aims to examine the factors influencing the cost efficiency of microfinance institutions in Sub-Saharan African countries. A ten-year unbalanced panel data consisting of 128 microfinance institutions from 34 countries was used for the analysis. The study included all microfinance...

This paper sought to establish the linkages between bank performance and real sector productivity. We use data for five East African countries (Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda) for the period 2014-2022. We initially deploy the traditional panel fixed effects regression and...