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Fintech in sub-Saharan Africa
Ndung'u, Njuguna S. - 2022
This paper traces the development of fintech in sub-Saharan Africa, its evolution over time, and the unfolding benefits attained at each stage of its adoption and market evolution. From the onset, fintechs have revolutionized retail electronic payment systems-a revolution that has evolved into a...
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Digitization of Agribusiness Payments in Africa : Building a Ramp for Farmers' Financial Inclusion and Participation in a Digital Economy
World Bank Group - 2020
This report aims to present the rationale for digitization of agribusiness payments in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), assess … the current status of digitization using demand and supply-side data, and identify key actions that can help accelerate … digitization. The report draws on an analysis of financial-inclusion data from the Global Findex database, a survey administered to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012647522
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Digitization of Agribusiness Payments in Africa : Building a Ramp for Farmers' Financial Inclusion and Participation in a Digital Economy
World Bank Group - 2020
This report aims to present the rationale for digitization of agribusiness payments in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), assess … the current status of digitization using demand and supply-side data, and identify key actions that can help accelerate … digitization. The report draws on an analysis of financial-inclusion data from the Global Findex database, a survey administered to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012647589
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Enabling the Digital Revolution in Sub-Saharan Africa : What Role for Policy Reforms?
World Bank Group - 2017
The five countries covered in this report share a number of characteristics and are facing similar challenges that justify their being monitored jointly. First, they face critical demographic issues that require immediate action to enable them to experience a population dividend rather than a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012248110
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Labour market effects of digital matching platforms : experimental evidence from sub-Saharan Africa
Jones, Sam; Sen, Kunal - 2022
Can digital labour market platforms reduce search frictions in either formal or informal labour markets? We study this question using a randomized experiment embedded in a tracer study of the work transitions of graduates from technical and vocational colleges in Mozambique. We implement an...
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The tax elasticity of formal work in African countries
McKay, Andrew D.; Pirttilä, Jukka; Schimanski, Caroline - 2019
A key policy problem in most developing countries is the size of the informal sector and its persistence over time. In need to increase their tax revenues, policy makers face a trade-off between decreasing tax rates (making formalizing potentially more attractive) and alternatively raising tax...
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Does connectivity reduce gender gaps in offfarm employment? : evidence from 12 low- and middle-income countries
Egger, Eva-Maria; Arslan, Aslıhan; Zucchini, Emanuele - 2021
Gender gaps in labour force participation in developing countries persist despite income growth or structural change. We assess this persistence across economic geographies within countries, focusing on youth employment in off-farm wage jobs. We combine household survey data from 12 low- and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012416538
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Diversification, Growth, and Volatility in Asia
Papageorgiou, Chris - 2015
comparison with Sub-Saharan Africa. Much of the progress has occurred through diversification along the 'extensive margin', that …
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Attracting private solutions and participation in the power sector in Sub-Saharan Africa : findings from a survey of investors and financiers
Probst, Benedict; Holcroft, Richard; Huenteler, Joern; … - 2020
This paper develops a classification of investor risks and surveys 51 private investors and financiers in the power sector in Sub-Saharan Africa. The paper aims for a better understanding of what can be done to attract private solutions to fill the investment gap. It finds that the average...
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Do Capital Inflows Boost Growth in Developing Countries? Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
Calder�n, C�sar - 2015
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