Financial Development and Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Dynamic Panel Data Analysis
Year: 2015
Type: article
Abstract: Financial Development is the accumulation of financial assets at a rate that is more rapid than the rate of non-financial assets accumulation.Economic growth is the evolution of gross domestic product (GDP) in the short, medium and long terms.We have attempted in this paper to analyze and to verify empirically the controversy on the relationship between the financial sphere and the real sphere.From the data observed on 21 Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries and by using the dynamic panel GMM technique, we were able to show that there exists a positive link between financial development and economic growth.This link is intense for the issue of the financial system in the space of Sub-Saharan Africa.However, an outcome highlighting an eventual link between foreign direct investment and economic growth is opportune.
Author: Elie Ngongang
Institution: Université de Yaoundé II
Language: English
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2139670025