Financial intermediation and economic growth in Southern Africa |
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Authors: | Allen, DS Ndikumana, L |
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Affiliation: | Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis, St Louis, MO, USA a University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA |
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Abstract: | Using various indicators of financial development, this paperinvestigates the role of financial intermediation in stimulatingeconomic growth in Southern Africa. The results lend some supportto the hypothesis that financial development is positively correlatedwith the growth rate of real per capita GDP. This relationshipis more evident in regressions that use pooled data (5-yearcross-sections) than those using annual data. This finding suggeststhat the finance-growth nexus is a long-run phenomenon. Thedata indicate that while Botswana and Mauritius are catchingup with South Africa towards a high-income steady state, therest of the countries are stagnating to low income levels andlow growth rates. |
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