Iddrisu Abdul Ganiyu

• PhD Student at University of Aberdeen

This paper investigates the impact of financial inclusion on health and the gender-health differences in Ghana using micro data from the sixth wave of the Ghana Living Standards Survey (GLSS) and relying on the IV-probit and 2SLS-IV techniques. The findings suggested significant gender health differences, with female individuals reporting lower hea...

This paper empirically examines whether Africa’s low corruption agenda can be achieved amid election cycles. We employ country-level data from 36 African countries covering the period 1998–2020. Using fixed effects, random effects and dynamic panel data regressions, our results suggest that in election years, increment in government expenditure is...

Purpose This paper aims to analyse economic growth in Africa focussing on the role of digitalization and financial sector development. Design/methodology/approach The authors employ country-level data from 36 African countries over the period 2000–2020 and used fixed effect, random effect and the Hausman–Taylor estimation techniques. Findings The...

This study examines financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa, with focus on the role of monetary policy and banks’ pricing behaviour. Using a sample of 330 banks operating in 29 Sub-Saharan African countries, we test the following hypotheses. First, loan price increases when monetary policy is contracted and bank prices reduce when general price l...

This paper empirically examines the effect of monetary policy effectiveness on human development in Africa. We employ both micro-bank level and macro-country level data. Bank level data are taken from the bank scope database maintained by Fitch/IBCA/Bureau Van Dijk. Series are yearly, covering a sample of 320 banks across 29 African countries. Pane...

This paper analyses financial inclusion in Africa focusing on the role of political business cycles and pricing behaviour of banks. We employ a sample of 330 banks operating in 29 African countries to test for two related hypotheses. Panel fixed and random effects were estimated for the period 2002 to 2013. The regression results that ensued sugges...

Extant literature has argued that, with major extension of democracy since the 1990s, political business cycle has become more intense and has made African political systems more fragile. In light of this, this paper examines both the existence of African political business cycles and their impact on human development. It confirms the existence of...

Purpose The paper seek to understand both the incidence and the impact of the African political business cycle in the light of a literature which has argued that, with major extensions of democracy since the 1990s, the cycle has both become more intense and has made African political systems more fragile. It answers two very important macroeconomi...