Content
2023, Volume 8, Issue 5
- 1-3 Regional conflicts are a cancer on Africa’s development
by Editor's reflection - 6-7 Sustainable investing and exclusionary policies can be harmful to your pension wealth!
by Isaac Otchere - 8-10 Foreign aid in a post-pandemic era: some reflections
by Danny Cassimon & George Mavrotas - 12-13 A sustainable MDB strategy: The crucial importance of financial sector development
by Nick K. Kolev & Jonathan Stilwell - 14-15 Unsolicited credit rating assessments: A key challenge to debt sustainability in Africa
by Misheck Mutize - 16-18 Development finance: A conceptual definition
by Abdul Latif Alhassan - 20-21 The relevance of governance in how the internet boosts financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa
by Simplice A. Asongu - 22-24 The debt exchange program of Ghana: Consequences for the insurance industry
by Joseph Oscar Akotey
2023, Volume 8, Issue 4
- 1-3 Is industrializing Africa an unachievable dream?
by Editor's reflection - 6-7 Financing the operation of small businesses in developing economies
by Sonia Di Giannatale & Arnoldo López-Marmolejo - 8-9 Vulture funds and international debt relief
by Kenneth K. Mwenda - 10-11 The relevance of fintechs in gender financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa
by Simplice A. Asongu - 12-13 How the coordination failure between credit ratings and investors is costing Africa
by Misheck Mutize - 14-15 Why should Africa be fed by foreigners? financing is key to reverse this trend!
by Birungi Korutaro - 18-19 The just energy transition paradox for Africa
by Roland M. Banya
2023, Volume 8, Issue 3
- 1-3 Never borrow money you cannot pay back: there is nothing like free lunch
by Editor's reflection - 6-8 Is the current ‘Global Financial Safety Net’ fit for purpose?
by Danny Cassimon & George Mavrotas - 10-11 Illicit financial flows of developing countries: insights from Pandora Papers
by Odongo Kodongo - 12-13 Leveraging the pandemic digital finance dividend for better access in Sub-Saharan Africa
by Sephooko Motelle - 14-15 Leveraging the pandemic digital finance dividend for better access in Sub-Saharan Africa
by Jonathan Stilwell - 16-17 Comparative information sharing for banking system efficiency in Africa
by Simplice A. Asongu - 20-21 Why Africa has little appetite to reduce export of raw materials
by Misheck Mutize & Ejigayhu Tefera - 22-23 An overview of Ghana’s 2022/23 domestic debt restructuring programme
by Elikplimi Komla Agbloyor & Dennis Nsafoah
2023, Volume 8, Issue 2
- 1-3 Political leadership and underdevelopment in poor countries
by Editor's reflection - 1-14 Impact of long-term climate change on food productivity within the Sahel Region of Africa
by Saama M. Z. Biekpe - 6-7 Smart development finance strategies: A balance of payments perspective
by Jonathan Stilwell - 8-9 Regulatory exemptions of international credit rating agencies is a huge setback for Africa
by Misheck Mutize - 10-11 The African continental free trade area, financial access and women
by Simplice A. Asongu
2023, Volume 8, Issue 1
- 1-3 Why do poor countries need so much foreign aid?
by Editor's reflection - 6-7 Cross-border digital data flows and MSME access to finance in context of AfCFTA
by Collen Masunda - 8-9 The political economy of the Ghana cedi performance: A community level explanation
by Joseph Oscar Akotey - 10-11 Is the drive for digitisation really a net positive for Africa?
by Laone Nthaga - 14-15 Financing SDG 3: Innovative financing options for National Health Insurance Scheme in South Africa
by Abdul Latif Alhassan - 16-17 The financial technology ecosystem as an enabler of financial inclusion
by Odongo Kodongo & Bibi Z. Chummun - 18-19 Financing renewable energy consumption in Sub-Saharan Africa
by Simplice A. Asongu
2022, Volume 7, Issue 3
- 1-3 Who rates the Raters?
by Editor's reflection - 1-16 Investing in State-Owned Enterprises is critical for infrastructure development in Africa
by Kim Chan Wan Fong - 6-9 Unified financial services regulation in Sub-Sahara Africa
by Kenneth K. Mwenda - 10-11 Towards a new architecture for sustainable finance in EMDEs
by Sharron L. McPherson - 12-13 Food convergence innovation: promises of building back more sustainable food systems in Africa
by Fadel Ndiame & Laurette Dube - 14-15 What went wrong in Ghana: how credit ratings contributed to the economic challenges?
by Misheck Mutize - 18-19 Making sustainable finance available to more women in the fight to address climate change – A call to action
by Gisela Garzon De La Roza & Anne Valko Celestino - 20-21 Climate change disruptions, development financing and Africa’s future after COP27
by George Kararach - 22-23 A world without fossil fuels: optimal financial and environmental balance does matter
by Nicholas Biekpe
2022, Volume 7, Issue 2
- 1-10 Mind the trade finance gap: more so in times of stress
by Sephooko I. Motelle - 1-16 The role of financial access in adding value to economic sectors in Sub-Saharan Africa
by Simplice A. Asongu & Nicholas M. Odhiambo - 4-5 IMF: The Global Sovereign Debt Manager
by Editor's reflection - 8-9 The future of Africa’s development financing: why Eurobond issuance is declining
by Misheck Mutize - 12-13 Reshaping risk mitigation: the impact of non-financial levers
by Mohan Vivekanandan & Joel Barnor - 14-15 Crises as opportunities? Can the current short-term financial response measures be turned into structural global development finance architecture reforms?
by Danny Cassimon & George Mavrotas - 18-19 Global Development Finance Professionalism through the Chartered Institute of Development Finance (CIDEF)
by Nicholas Biekpe - 20-22 Book review of: C. Puta-Chekwe, Zambia: Pathways to Excellence, (London: Adonis & Abbey Publishers, 2021)
by Kenneth K. Mwenda
2022, Volume 7, Issue 1
- 1-3 A Refection on the journey of Africa’s development since the Berlin Conference of 1884
by DEFA Editors - 1-6 Refocusing Climate Finance on Development Impact
by Ope Onibokun & Priya Sinha - 1-10 Trickle-impact Finance: Sustainable Finance Model for the Poor and Marginalised
by Nicholas Biekpe - 1-12 Financial Inclusion strategies for the effective implementation of Constitutional Rights: Psycho-Social Support and Grassroots Governance Engagement with a gender focused approach
by Luz Helena Hanauer - 1-16 How indigenous philanthropy may contribute towards Africa’s development agenda
by Roland M. Banya - 1-18 Cassava Community Seed Multiplication Innovation: A Miracle Bullet for Food Security, Income Generation and Job Creation
by Nyankomo Marwa - 4-5 Can development finance help reduce food and nutrition insecurity? What recent research can tell us
by George Mavrotas & Danny Cassimon - 8-9 Why the European Union ban on rating agencies is a dangerous precedence
by Misheck Mutize - 14-15 The shortage of climate finance will worsen the disparities between the developed and developing economies
by Laone Nthaga
2020, Volume 6, Issue 1
- 4-7 Sub-Saharan Africa’s Eurobonds: Success Story or Subject of Concern?
by Christian Senga & Danny Cassimon - 10-12 Building Winning Emerging Economy “Underdogs” through Brand
by James Maposa - 14-15 Blockchain Technology as an Enabler of Economic Development in Africa
by Enock Mokobi - 20-22 The Non-Banking Sector in the Wall Streets of the South African Economy
by Leonard Mushunje & Maxwell Mashasha
2017, Volume 3, Issue 1
- 4-6 The IMF-WB Debt Sustainability Framework: Procedures, Applications and Criticisms
by Danny Cassimon & Karel Verbeke & Dennis Essers - 12-13 Moving from Consumption Economy to Productive Economy
by Yvonne Zwane - 14-16 Proposed Funding Models for Provincial Government Infrastructure Delivery
by Clive Coetzee - 20-21 Public Private Partnerships - A Critical Cog in the Infrastructure Development Arsenal
by Bethuel Nitshiswinzhe - 22-24 From Beg Basket to Bread Basket, Mobile Money can Provide an Alternative
by Munyaradzi G. Nyakwawa