...Ovikuomagbe Oyedele; Oluwabukola Omobola Adesuyi Purpose This study examined the effect of health expenditure on income inequality in sub-Saharan Africa ( SSA) using data for 30 SSA countries covering the period 2007 to 2022. Design/methodology/approach The study employed the fixed effect...

...Amina Ahmed Muhammed; Amsalu Bedemo Beyene; Dessalegn Shamebo Sheabo Purpose The aim of this study is to analyze the moderating role of financial development on the causal relationship of taxation and economic growth of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries. Design/methodology/approach...

... Women empowerment Corporate social responsibility Sub-Saharan Africa Oil in Nigeria is mostly extracted in the expanse of Niger Delta. The Niger Delta consists of many rivers, seas and creeks which makes available a variety of marine and inland fish catch. Nevertheless, as a result...

...Kofi Bondzie Afful; Tendai Gwatidzo; Mthokozisi Mlilo Purpose This study investigates the influence of capital controls on financial market structure in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This is especially relevant as the former restrictions are relatively common on the sub-continent. At the same time...

... of this licence may be seen at http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode Fintech Financial inclusion Bank risk Regulation Sub-Saharan Africa Digital financial services have for over two decades grown exponentially, thereby driving financial inclusion for billions of people...

... and indirectly impact the economic and social lives of themselves and their family. School feeding programme Propensity score matching Logit model Rural communities Sub-Saharan Africa Using a quasi-experimental design, the study employed a quantitative method given the scarcity of quantitative...

...Ibrahim Nandom Yakubu; Alhassan Bunyaminu Purpose This study aims to examine the impact of economic globalization on bank profitability in Sub-Saharan Africa. Design/methodology/approach The empirical analysis is based on panel data of banks spanning 2008–2016. Relying on the KOF Globalization...

... and economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa within the period 1990 and 2020. Design/methodology/approach Using panel data from 1990–2020 obtained from the World Bank development indicators, the study makes use of the autoregressive distributed lag model and the Granger causality and cointegration to analyze...

... analysis such as random effect or fixed effects, this empirical study used more advanced panel dynamic generalized moment of methods to examine the role of improvement in governance quality on economic growth. Principal component analysis Economic growth Sub-Saharan Africa Panel GMM Governance...

... 2021 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Healthcare expenditure Health sector infrastructure Life expectancy Economic growth Dynamic heterogenous panel Sub-Saharan Africa E31 F66 H51 I15 In this article, we explore the dynamic implication of health...

... recognition as a critical channel for promoting economic growth by bringing a large proportion of the unbanked population into the formal financial system. This cannot be achieved exclusive of the banking sector. Design/methodology/approach This paper focussed on 18 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Data...

... and lift sub-Saharan Africa out of poverty. Originality/value This research adds to the literature on youth entrepreneurship development’s debate in developing countries. It concludes that targeting the young people in AGSMEIS should form the foundation of public policy for entrepreneurship, poverty...

...Vera Fiador; Lordina Amoah; Emmanuel Abbey Purpose The purpose of the study is to explore the implications of global financial integration on host economies in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The study tests the competing views on the impact of foreign bank penetration on private sector access to credit...