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Chapter 5. Financial Inclusion and Stability in Africa’s Middle-Income Countries »
Source: Africa on the Move : Unlocking the Potential of Small Middle-Income States
Series: Books
Author(s): Lamin Leigh , and Ali Mansoor
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 22 January 2016
ISBN: 9781513588605
Keywords: Economic growth, Infrastructure, Macroprudential policies and financial stability, Economic development, Poverty eradication, environment, employment, bank, unemployment, labor
The financial sector continues to deepen and broaden in many small middle-income countries (SMICs) in sub-Saharan Africa, with global regulatory reform providing input for national regulatory settings. Altho...
Financial Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: Promoting Inclusive and Sustainable Growth »
Source: Financial Development in Sub-Saharan Africa : Promoting Inclusive and Sustainable Growth
Volume: 16
Series: Departmental Papers / Policy Papers
Author(s): Montfort Mlachila , Ahmat Jidoud , Monique Newiak , Bozena Radzewicz-Bak , and Misa Takebe
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 14 September 2016
ISBN: 9781475532401
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Financial Inclusion and Stability In Africa’s Middle-Income Countries Including Namibia »
Source: Namibia : Selected Issues
Volume/Issue: 2014/41
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. African Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 10 February 2014
ISBN: 9781475580396
Keywords: Financial stability, Economic growth, Productivity, Political economy, Namibia, Selected issues, Fiscal reforms, tfp, labor market, labor force
This Selected Issues paper analyzes policies that can raise potential growth in small middle-income countries (SMICs) of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The findings suggest that although macroeconomic stability and trad...
Inequalities and Growth in the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) Region »
Source: Inequalities and Growth in the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) Region
Volume/Issue: 2012/290
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Olivier Basdevant , Dalmacio Benicio , and Yorbol Yakhshilikov
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 10 December 2012
ISBN: 9781616359386
Keywords: Growth, Inequalities, SACU, human capital, income inequalities, gini, gini coefficient,
This paper applies the work of Berg and Ostry (2011) to the SACU region, to identify how inequalities have played a role in growth in each of these countries, and elaborates policy options to mitigate the effects o...
3. Inequality and Economic Outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa »
Source: Regional Economic Outlook, October 2015 : Sub-Saharan Africa
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s): International Monetary Fund
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 27 October 2015
ISBN: 9781513597331
Keywords: Sub-Saharan Africa; commodity exporters; oil-exporting countries; competitiveness; trade integration; income inequality; gender inequality
Sub-Saharan Africa has among the highest levels of inequality—both income and gender—in the world, even after accounting for the lower levels of per capita income in the region. With growing international ev...
Inequality, Gender Gaps and Economic Growth »
Source: Inequality, Gender Gaps and Economic Growth : Comparative Evidence for Sub-Saharan Africa
Volume/Issue: 2016/111
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Dalia Hakura , Mumtaz Hussain , Monique Newiak , Vimal Thakoor , and Fan Yang
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 08 June 2016
ISBN: 9781484382349
Keywords: Income inequality, gender inequality, economic growth, and sub-Saharan Africa
A growing body of empirical evidence suggests that inequality-income or gender related-can impede economic growth. Using dynamic panel regressions and new time series data, this paper finds that both income and gen...