Using panel data from 2004 to 2012, we employ a two-step system GMM estimation technique, with robust standard errors, collapsed instruments and illus-trate marginal effects of central bank independence on financial development in Africa. We also examine the moderating roles of human capital,...

Despite the momentous rise in ICT diffusion, and financial development in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), their plausible joint effect on inclusive growth have not been explored, leaving a lacuna in the literature. This study, therefore, examines the direct and indirect effects of ICT diffusion on...

Overtime, the policy to enhance financial inclusion at the national and household or individual levels has coincided with the increasing need for non-farm enterprises in addition to mainstream farming due to climate change and as an income diversification strategy. Using data from the sixth...