... sample of countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Design/methodology/approach The paper applies the dynamic panel threshold approach with endogenous regressors. Findings The study confirms non-monotonicity and non-linearity in the relationship between government debt, government expenditure...

...Umunna Godson Nwagu; Amos Nnaemeka Amedu Purpose This research examines the impact of export diversification across various economic sectors on Africa's economic growth from 1990 to 2023, focusing on 18 resource-rich nations. Design/methodology/approach Panel Generalized Method of Moments (GMM...

...Nurudeen Abu; Musa Abdullahi Sakanko; Nazatul Faizah Haron Purpose Africa remains one of the regions with the lowest financial inclusion ( FI ), and the continent is witnessing rising insecurity ( INSEC ). This study explores INSEC's impact on FI in 39 African nations (further grouped...

... to convergence and club convergence was tested using Phillips and Sul's econometric convergence approach. Following the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) regional classification, we classified the panel data into seven regional economic groups. Energy, transportation, telecommunications...

... 2025 15 11 2025 08 12 2025 O33 F63 Q33 O43 O55 C33 Kafilah Lola Gold can be contacted at: kgold@uj.ac.za Figure 1 Map of Africa indicating landlocked countries. Source: Authors’ creation with mapchart.net A map of Africa shows landlocked countries in yellow...

... of the CC BY 4.0 licence . Blended finance Africa Profitability Informal sector Formal sector Access to appropriate finance remains one of the top constraints for small and micro businesses in sub-Saharan Africa. Less than 20% of small firms are able to access loans or credit lines from...

... in reducing poverty, investment in education is crucial and hence expanding access to education through subsidies and scholarships and other targeted interventions is required. A higher level of education will act as a means to improve the benefits of trade for poverty reduction in Africa. Originality...

...John Kwaku Mensah Mawutor; Isaac Ofoeda; Ernest Sogah; Freeman Christian Gborse Purpose The study examines the effect of government budget transparency on climate change in Africa. The specific aims of the study are to examine the direct, threshold and indirect effects of budget transparency...

...Prince Fosu; Joseph Eshun; Martinson Ankrah Twumasi Purpose This study aims to examine the determinants of public healthcare spending in Africa, focusing on the impact of pollution, debt servicing, birth rates, life expectancy, GDP per capita and urbanization. Design/methodology/approach We...

.... Among the types of weather events, the incidence of drought has a consequential impact on economic growth while floods do not. Practical implications The gross implication of these findings is that policy makers and governments in Africa need to be proactive at least in devising robust adaptive...

... be implemented since the rate of tax compliance of the citizens improves for every welfare provided by the government. Originality/value This study tests the validity of the fiscal exchange and resource bargaining theories in Sub-Saharan Africa. Accommodating spatial dependence and cross-border effects...

...Umar Habibu Umar; Abubakar Jamilu Baita; Issa Hamadou; Muhamad Abduh Purpose This study examined the impact of digital finance on SME financial inclusion in Africa. Design/methodology/approach The study obtained data from the International Monetary Fund's Financial Access Survey and World...

...://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode Poverty Informality Africa Threshold I30 O17 The poverty–informality nexus is an important conversation examined in the economic development discourse in developed and developing countries. Despite various theoretical predictions that the informal...

... gender for economic development in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is inspired by four main factors in the scholarly and policy-making circles, notably, the: (1) policy syndrome of inequality in SSA in the light of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) [1] ; (2) low participation of the female gender in formal...

...Nicolene Hamman; Andrew Phiri Purpose The purpose of the study is to evaluate whether nighttime luminosity sourced from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program-Operational Linescan System satellite sensors is a suitable proxy for measuring poverty in Africa. Design/methodology/approach...

... in the Middle East North Africa (MENA) region that explore the performance of SMEs from the perceptions of owner-managers themselves and not based on aggregate or economic data. It supports previous findings of several studies and contributes additional evidence that suggests the significance of levelling...

...Philip Ayagre; Gloria Dzeha; Maryam Kriese; Baah Kusi Purpose In this study, the authors present unique evidence on bank lending types by paying particular attention to the factors that drive the different types of bank lending in Africa using bank level data. Design/methodology/approach...

...John Kuada Purpose The purposes of the paper are to review the stream of studies that link financial inclusion to small enterprise growth in Sub-Sahara Africa (SSA) to identify the research gaps they provide and to prepare an agenda for future research in the field. Design/methodology/approach...

... the Kuznets (1955) U-shaped hypothesis. Here, the “trickle-down” and “trade-off” validity between growth and equality are questioned due to experiences of East-African countries and the SAP program in Africa during 80 and 90s. Theoretical issues in “redistribution with growth” of Chenery et al...

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