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Inclusive growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: Exploring the interaction between ICT diffusion and financial development
Ofori, Isaac K.; Osei, Dennis B.; Alagidede, Imhotep P. - In: Telecommunications Policy 46 (2022) 7
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...
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Does financial inclusion reduce poverty and income inequality in developing countries? A panel data analysis
Omar, Md Abdullah; Inaba, Kazuo - In: Journal of Economic Structures 9 (2020) 37, pp. 1-25
Financial inclusion is a key element of social inclusion, particularly useful in combat-ing poverty and income … investigate the impact of financial inclusion on reducing poverty and income inequality, and the determinants and conditional … robust evidence that financial inclusion significantly reduces poverty rates and income inequality in developing countries …
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Value-added disaggregated social accounting matrix for the Indian economy of the year 2007-2008
Pal, Barun Deb; Bandarlage, Jayatilleke S. - In: Journal of Economic Structures 6 (2017) 14, pp. 1-20
India is pioneer in constructing the social account matrices for its economy for various years, but limited efforts … have been made to construct a SAM for India with detailed description about types labour input employed in various economic … constructed a 78-sector SAM for India which takes into account 48 types of labour input for economic activities and 80 types of …
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Foreign direct investment (FDI), investment in construction and poverty in economic crises (Denmark, Italy, Germany, Romania, China, India and Russia)
Sukhadolets, Tatyana; Stupnikova, Elena; Fomenko, Natalia; … - In: Economies 9 (2021) 4, pp. 1-18
This study aims to examine the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI), investment in construction and poverty in … to determine the best differentiated data in order to answer the question: "Why does a high level of poverty persist in … countries in the long term and maintains or reduces the poverty level by increasing the assets of the population. Empirical data …
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Does activity mix and funding strategy vary across ownership? Evidence from Indian banks
Ghosh, Saibal - In: Atlantic Review of Economics 1 (2011), pp. 1-33
Using data on Indian banks during 1996-2007, the paper examines the impact of bank activity and short-term funding for bank returns and risks. The findings indicate that larger, fast growing financial firms tend to have higher fee income shares. In addition, banks with greater reliance on fee...
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Does financial inclusion affect monetary policy in SAARC countries?
Lenka, Sanjaya Kumar; Bairwa, Arun Kumar - In: Cogent Economics & Finance 4 (2016) 1, pp. 1-8
Alike the role of heart for human body, finance is the focal point of an economy, whereas savings and investment are its tubes and vessels. Hence, a solid financial system is a fundamental character of an enduring economy. The frozen financial system endures longer if its foundation is concrete...
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Comparative Analysis of Financial Inclusion in Developing Regions Around the World
Jukan, Meldina Kokorovic; Softic, Amra - In: Economic Review: Journal of Economics and Business 14 (2016) 2, pp. 56-65
Financial inclusion is perceived as an enabler of poverty reduction around the world and today is in agenda of all …
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Financial intermediation and financial inclusion of poor households: Mediating role of social networks in rural Uganda
Bongomin, George Okello Candiya; Ntayi, Joseph Mpeera; … - In: Cogent Economics & Finance 5 (2017) 1, pp. 1-16
The paper examined the mediating role of social networks in the relationship between financial intermediation and financial inclusion of poor households in rural Uganda. The paper used SPSS (statistical package for social scientist) and applied MedGraph program (Excel version 13), Sobel test,...
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Lifting the lid on financial inclusion: Evidence from emerging economies
Nawaz, Tasawar - In: International Journal of Financial Studies 6 (2018) 2, pp. 1-8
banking business model is based on intangible sources i.e., Shari'ah law and such sources are exploited to create value i …
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Financial literacy promotes financial inclusion in both poor and rich countries
Grohmann, Antonia; Menkhoff, Lukas - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 7 (2017) 41, pp. 399-407
For social and economic reasons, national economies benefit from the inclusion of as many people as possible in financial services. In a cross country study, the present study shows that financial literacy for the general population promotes financial inclusion. This relationship goes beyond the...
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