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Determinants of savings among non-Ricardian households in South Africa
Chantel De Vos, Lawrence Ogechukwu Obokoh, Babatunde Abimbola AbiolaThis paper examines the determinants of savings among low-income households, regarded as non-Ricardian households (NRHs), in South Africa. NRHs comprise low-income households…
Can financial inclusion reduce the presence of corruption? Evidence from selected countries in Africa
Folorunsho M. AjideThe purpose of this paper is to evaluate the impact of financial inclusion (FI) on control of corruption in selected African countries.
Accurate targeting in the Indonesian RASKIN program
Wiliyanti Sutanto, Mayumi Sakaguchi, Eka Rastiyanto Amrullah, Aris Rusyiana, Akira IshidaUsing nationally representative data, this study estimated the probability of a household receiving RASKIN rice in general as well as the rate of excluding poor households and…
Empirical relationship between workers' remittances and financial development (an ARDL cointegration approach for Sri Lanka)
Ahamed Lebbe Mohamed Aslam, Selliah SivarajasinghamThe purpose of this study aims to investigate the nature of the relationship between workers' remittances and financial development (FD) in Sri Lanka for the period from 1975 to…
Socio-economic determinants of public expenditure in Africa: assessing the influence of population age structure
Chukwuebuka Bernard Azolibe, Chidinma Emelda Nwadibe, Chidimma Maria-Gorretti OkekeAfrica's population is the second largest and fastest growing in the world after Asia, and this puts African governments under great stress in terms of increased public…
Health care financing and income inequality in Nigeria
Chukwuedo Susan Oburota, Olanrewaju OlaniyanThe purpose of this paper is to decompose the inequities induced by the Nigerian health care financing sources and their effect on the income distribution. Inequities in health…
Skills and household financial decision-making in Indonesia
Arief Wibisono LubisThis study examines whether financial literacy is a relevant factor that determines authority in household financial decision-making, an area that is often viewed as boring…
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