Extending Financial Inclusion in Africa

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

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Beskrivning

Extending Financial Inclusion in Africa unveils the genesis and transformation of Africa's financial sector and its ability to provide finance for all. Contributors of the Book traverse the whole spectrum of African financial systems, examining their depth and breadth and empirically evaluating their appropriateness and effectiveness to achieve inclusive financial services.

Explores the evolution of the financial sector in Africa from the pre-colonial to post-colonial era
Investigates the financial inclusion-economic growth nexus
Explores the role of financial regulation and governance in either enhancing or limiting financial inclusion
Evaluates unintended consequences of financial inclusion, including over-indebtedness and increased propensity to spend
Assesses cross-sectional evidence on the link between financial inclusion and technological developments such as the internet and mobile technology

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2019-06-12
Mått:191 x 235 x 19 mm
Vikt:680 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:342
Förlag:Elsevier Science
ISBN:9780128141649

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Finansiering inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap

Mer om författaren

Daniel Makina is Professor of Finance at the University of South Africa. He holds a PhD from the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg and an MSc in Financial Economics from the University of London. His research interests are in banking, financial inclusion and migration financial economics and has published on these topics in reputed international journals such as Applied Financial Economics, Applied Economics, African Development Review, African Finance Journal, Migration Letters, International Migration, among others. He is co-author with Lawrence J. Gitman and others of the book Principles of Managerial Finance: Global and Southern African Perspectives. He also contributed the Chapter The Mortgage Market, Character and Trends in Africa to the International Encyclopaedia of Housing and Home. In 2017, he served as Guest Editor of the African Journal of Economic and Management Studies and won the Emerald Reviewer Literati Award.

Innehållsförteckning

1. An Overview of Financial Services Access and Usage in Africa2. How Did Banks Evolve in Africa?3. Financial Development in Africa: Is It Demand-Following or Supply-Leading?4. The Role of Financial Markets and Institutions in Private Sector Development in Africa5. Financial Markets and Institutions in Africa: Landscape and Financial Inclusion6. A Survey of Microfinance Institutions and Informal Finance in Africa7. Financial Sector Regulation and Governance in Africa8. Macroeconomic Determinants of Financial Inclusion: Evidence Using Dynamic Panel Data Analysis9. Financial Inclusion and Economic Growth: Evidence From a Panel of Selected African Countries10. The Relationship Between Technology and Financial Inclusion: Cross-Sectional Evidence11. Unintended Consequences of Financial Inclusion12. Financial Inclusion and the Sustainable Development Goals13. Alternative Financing Approaches and Regulation in Africa14. The Potential of FinTech in Enabling Financial Inclusion