The objective of this paper is to examine the determinants of financial inclusion in Africa. We use the World Bank's Global Findex database on 37 African countries to perform probit estimations. We find that being a man, richer, more educated and older favor financial inclusion with a higher influence of education and income. Mobile banking…
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Review of Development Finance is a peer-reviewed journal published by Elsevier, covering Corporate Finance and Governance, Banking stability, regulation, efficiency, Microfinance and Financial Inclusion.
| Publisher | Elsevier |
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| Reference style | Author–year (Harvard) Author–year — (Smith, 2023) in the text Smith, A., Jones, B. and Lee, C. (2023) 'A representative article title', Review of Development Finance, 12(3), pp. 45–58.
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| Publishes research in | Corporate Finance and Governance Banking stability, regulation, efficiency Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Economic Growth and Development |
| ISSN | 1879-9337 |
| h-index | 42 |
| i10-index | 82 |
| Total citations | 6,666 |
| Top institutions publishing here | University of Ghana |
| Journal website | www.journals.elsevier.com |
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The adoption of mobile telephony to provide financial services in Africa has become instrumental in integrating the hitherto unbanked segments of the population to the mainstream financial systems. This study sought to establish this linkage by examining whether the pervasive use of mobile telephony to provide financial services is a boon for savings mobilization in…
The aim of this paper is to investigate the long-run growth effects of financial development in Ghana. We find that the growth effect of financial development is sensitive to the choice of proxy. Both the credit to the private sector as ratios to GDP and total domestic credit are conducive for growth, while broad money…
This study conducts an empirical investigation of the effects of access to finance on the growth of firms in African countries. In order to achieve this, we made use of a new rich enterprise-level data set from the World Bank's Enterprise Surveys and employ both subjective and objective measures of access to finance. The subjective…
We start by providing an overview of financial systems in the African continent. We then consider the regions of Arab North Africa, West Africa, East and Central Africa, and Southern Africa in more detail. The paper covers, among other things, central banks, deposit-taking banks, non-bank institutions, such as the stock markets, fixed income markets, insurance…