Correlates of poverty in Africa: Exploring the roles of remittances, financial development, and natural resources

Examines how remittances, financial development and natural resources and their transmission channels can reduce poverty

From:
Department for International Development
Published
31 January 2017
Document Type:
Journal Article
Theme:
Climate and Environment, Economic Growth, Governance and Conflict
Authors:
Dwumfour, Richard Adjei, Agbloyer, Elikplimi Komla, Abor, Joshua Yindenaba

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to examine how remittances, financial development, and natural resources and their different transmission channels can be used to reduce poverty in Africa.

This is an output from the ‘Delivering Inclusive Financial Development and Growth’ project led by the School of Oriental and African Studies (University of London)

Citation

Richard Adjei Dwumfour, Elikplimi Komla Agbloyor, Joshua Yindenaba Abor, (2017) “Correlates of poverty in Africa: Exploring the roles of remittances, financial development, and natural resources”, International Journal of Social Economics, Vol. 44 Issue: 12, pp.2033-2051, https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSE-12-2015-0319

Correlates of poverty in Africa: Exploring the roles of remittances, financial development, and natural resources

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