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female ownership of bank accounts to fight female unemployment. The study therefore examines how female ownership of bank … accounts moderates the incidence of female education on female unemployment. The focus is on 44 SubSaharan African (SSA … unemployment. From the empirical findings, it is evident that female ownership of bank accounts does not effectively moderate …
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unemployment not to represent a constraint in the doing of business. A constraint in doing business is understood in terms of the … needed to reverse the unfavorable incidence of female unemployment in doing business are provided. These are minimum MFIs … penetration thresholds that are required in order for female unemployment not to negatively affect the procedure that a woman …
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entrepreneurship, contingent on female unemployment levels. The study focuses on 44 countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) for the … unemployment levels in the implementation of policies designed for MFIs to promote female business ownership. The hypotheses that … MFIs are favorable for female business owners and some critical rates of female unemployment should be avoided in order for …
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This study evaluates the economic impact of severe natural disasters in Africa using the generalized synthetic control method. In other words, it assesses how gross domestic product (GDP) would have been affected if severe natural disasters did not occur. Moreover, it explores the determinants...
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This paper measures the macroeconomic impact of recent political crisis, protest and uprisings in Africa with the generalized synthetic control method and evaluates the role played by natural resource dependence on the modulation of the impact. We find that political crisis, protests and...
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The main contribution of this study is the determination of an endogenous threshold of institutional quality, beyond which external debt would affect economic growth differently. The focus is on 14 countries of the African Franc zone over the period 1985-2015. Based on the panel Smooth Threshold...
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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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