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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.

PublisherElsevier
Reference styleAuthor–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 inCorporate Finance and Governance Banking stability, regulation, efficiency Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Islamic Finance and Banking Studies Economic Growth and Development
ISSN1879-9337
h-index42
i10-index82
Total citations6,666
Top institutions publishing hereUniversity of Ghana
Journal websitewww.journals.elsevier.com
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Papers published in Review of Development Finance per year

4
2010
9
2011
14
2012
17
2013
16
2014
7
2015
11
2016
17
2017
13
2018
3
2020

Citation impact of Review of Development Finance by publication year

390
2010
556
2011
200
2012
972
2013
869
2014
300
2015
1.4K
2016
1.5K
2017
443
2018
10
2020

Citations each year’s papers have accumulated so far — the most recent years are still building up.

Most-cited papers in Review of Development Finance

The determinants of financial inclusion in Africa

Alexandra Zins, Laurent Weill · 1 Jun 2016

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…

Mobile financial services and financial inclusion: Is it a boon for savings mobilization?

Shem Alfred Ouma, Teresa Maureen Odongo, Maureen Were · 9 Mar 2017

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…

Financial development and economic growth in Ghana: Does the measure of financial development matter?

George Adu, George Marbuah, Justice Mensah · 1 Jul 2013

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…

Access to finance and firm performance: Evidence from African countries

Babajide Fowowe · 24 Feb 2017

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…

African financial systems: A review

Franklin Allen, Isaac Otchere, Lemma W. Senbet · 1 Apr 2011

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…

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