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This book provides a one-stop-shop for understanding the history and evolution of the financial sector in Africa from financial repression to financial liberalisation, and its role in sustainable development and poverty alleviation.
List of contents
1. Introduction
Part 1: Historical Evolution of Finance in Africa 2. An Overview of Financial Reforms and Financial Development in African Countries 3. The Evolution of Financial Reforms in African Countries 4. Interest Rate Reforms in African Countries 5. Financial Determinants of Informal Financial Development in African Countries 6. Finance-Growth Nexus: A Review of Afrocentric Literature
Part 2: Impact of Finance on Sustainable Economic Growth in Africa 7. Financial Development and Economic Growth in African Countries 8. Bank Based Financial Development and Economic Growth in African Countries 9. Stock Market Development and Economic Growth in African Countries 10. Financial Intermediaries, Stock Market Development and Economic Growth in African Countries 11. Micro-finance Performance and Economic Development in African Countries
Part 3: Impact of Finance on Poverty Alleviation in Africa 12. Information Communication and Technology (ICT) Diffusion and Financial Development Nexus in African Countries 13. Financial Development and Remittance in African Countries 14. Financial Inclusion and Gender Inequality in African Countries 15. Financial Development and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in African Countries 16. COVID-19 Global Pandemic, Financial Development and Financial Inclusion 17. Financial Institutions, Poverty and Severity of Poverty in African Countries
About the author
Nicholas Mbaya Odhiambo is a Professor & Head of the Macroeconomic Policy Analysis (MPA) Research Programme at the University of South (UNISA). He is also a Fellow of the African Academy of Sciences (AAS).
Erasmus Larbi Owusu is a Market and Economics Researcher and a Data Science Consultant. He is the Founder and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of SumsureIQ, a full service market research agency and data science consultancy working for clients across various African countries.
Simplice Anutechia Asongu is a Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of Johannesburg in South Africa, Lead Economist and Director of the African Governance and Development Institute (Yaoundé, Cameroon) and Lead Economist and Director of the European Xtramile Centre of African Studies (Liège, Belgium).
Summary
This book provides a one-stop-shop for understanding the history and evolution of the financial sector in Africa from financial repression to financial liberalisation, and its role in sustainable development and poverty alleviation.
