Does microfinance foster the development of its clients? A bibliometric analysis and systematic literature review

JPC Ribeiro, F Duarte, APM Gama - Financial Innovation, 2022 - Springer
This paper conducts a scientometric analysis and systematic literature review to identify the
trends in microfinance outcomes from the perspective of their recipients, specifically more …

Revisiting the finance-inequality nexus in a panel of African countries

C Meniago, SA Asongu - Research in International Business and Finance, 2018 - Elsevier
The study assesses the role of financial development on income inequality in a panel of 48
African countries for the period 1996–2014. Financial development is defined in terms of …

ICT, financial access and gender inclusion in the formal economic sector: evidence from Africa

SA Asongu, NM Odhiambo - African Finance Journal, 2018 - journals.co.za
The study investigates the relevance of information and communication technology (ICT) in
modulating the effect of financial access on female economic participation. Female …

Inequality and gender economic inclusion: The moderating role of financial access in Sub-Saharan Africa

SA Asongu, J Nnanna, PN Acha-Anyi - Economic Analysis and Policy, 2020 - Elsevier
This study assesses how financial access can be used to modulate the effect of income
inequality on gender economic inclusion. The focus is on 42 countries in sub-Saharan Africa …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of credit accessibility on rural households clean cooking energy consumption: The case of Ghana

MA Twumasi, Y Jiang, B Ameyaw, FO Danquah… - Energy Reports, 2020 - Elsevier
This study examined the impact of credit received on rural household clean cooking energy
consumption. The study pays more attention to clean energies, such as liquefied petroleum …

Reducing information asymmetry with ICT: A critical review of loan price and quantity effects in Africa

S Asongu, S Le Roux, J Nwachukwu… - International Journal of …, 2019 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate loan price and quantity effects of
information sharing offices with information and communication technology (ICT), in a panel …

Does adaptation to climate change promote household food security? Insights from Indonesian fishermen

MS Rahman, WC Huang, H Toiba… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Although climate change adaptation plays a vital role in improving global food security, little
is known about whether it can increase household food security of small-scale fishermen …

Mobile banking usage, quality of growth, inequality and poverty in developing countries

SA Asongu, NM Odhiambo - Information Development, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
The transition from Millennium Development Goals to Sustainable Development Goals has
substantially shifted the policy debate from development to inclusive development. Using …

What is the impact of rural bank credit access on the technical efficiency of smallholder cassava farmers in Ghana? An endogenous switching regression analysis

A Missiame, RA Nyikal, P Irungu - Heliyon, 2021 - cell.com
This paper assesses the impact of access to credit from rural and community banks (RCBs)
on the technical efficiency of smallholder cassava farmers in Ghana. The study employed …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of credit access on household food security in Malawi

W Salima, LP Manja, LS Chiwaula… - Journal of Agriculture and …, 2023 - Elsevier
This observational study examines the impact of access to either formal or informal credit on
household food security in a credit-constrained developing country context of Malawi. Using …