FinTech, Financial Inclusion and Sustainable Growth
Paper 1: Does demutualization of stock exchange improve market quality? International evidence
Speaker: Isaac Otchere, Carleton University, Canada
Paper 2: National development banks, access to finance, employment creation and private sector development in Africa
Speaker: Léonce Ndikumana, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA
Paper 3: Commodity exchanges and the impact of “Finance” on small holder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa
Speaker: Yaw Nyarko, New York University, USA
Paper 4: Finance and entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa
Speaker: Panicos Demetriades, University of Leicester, UK
Paper 5: Financial inclusion, women’s empowerment and fertility trends in Kenya
Speaker: Maren Duvendack, University of East Anglia, UK
Paper 6: Credit information sharing and loan default in developing countries: the moderating effect of banking market concentration and national governance quality
Speaker: Samuel Fosu, De Montfort University, UK
Paper 7: Does financial training and consumption information via mobile application technology promote financial inclusion?
Speaker: Leonard Wantchekon, Princeton University, USA
Paper 8: Does microcredit increase aspirational hope? Evidence from Sierra Leone
Speaker: Robert Lensink, University of Groningen, Netherlands
Paper 9: Modelling opportunity cost effects in money demand due to openness
Speaker: Sophie Van Hullen, SOAS University of London, UK
Paper 10: Let’s take the bias out of econometrics
Speaker: Duo Qin, SOAS University of London, UK
Paper 11: Inclusive finance, financial education and livelihood activities of households in Ghana
Speaker: Mohammed Amidu, University of Ghana, Ghana
Paper 12: Kenya interbank market: a network analysis
Speaker: Ye Bai, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China
Paper 13: Analysis of the segmentation of the interbank money market in Zambia
Speaker: Jonathan Chipili, Bank of Zambia, Zambia
Paper 14: Do interbank interest rates reflect the financial soundness of borrowing banks?
Speaker: Thomas Bwire, Bank of Uganda, Uganda
Paper 15: Aid and exchange rates in Sub-Saharan Africa: no more Dutch disease?
Speaker: Oliver Morrissey, University of Nottingham, UK
Paper 16: Cross-border banking and credit cycles
Speaker: Issouf Soumaré, Laval University, Canada
Paper 17: Capital flows and productivity in Africa: the angel is in the details
Speaker: Stephany Griffith-Jones, Institute of Development Studies, UK
Paper 18: The impact of mobile money use on poverty: household evidence from Ghana
Speaker: Christopher Green / Ahmad Hassan Ahmad, Loughborough University, UK
Paper 19: The network structure of the Malawi interbank market: implications for liquidity distribution and contagion around the banking system
Speaker: Esmie Kanyumbu, Reserve Bank of Malawi, Malawi
Paper 20: Fellowship amongst peers: an analysis of the interbank lending market
Speaker: Anosi Ikimalo, SOAS University of London, UK
Paper 21: Institutional environment and the microstructure of the interbank market in Uganda
Speaker: Martin Brownbridge, International Advisory Group (Inclusive Finance Project)
Paper 22: Did post-crisis bank bailout reforms enhance financial resilience?
Speaker: Victor Murinde, SOAS University of London, UK
Paper 23: Confidence, financial inclusion and sustainable economic growth
Speaker: Reinhard Bachmann, SOAS University of London, UK
Paper 24: Sovereign wealth fund in Japan
Speaker: Yoshikatsu Shinozawa, SOAS University of London, UK
Paper 25: Do Chinese cities benefit from co-agglomeration between manufacturing firms and advanced producer services
Speaker: Hong Bo, SOAS University of London, UK
Paper 26: Does offering micro-savings affect the financial performance of microfinance institutions?
Speaker: Chi Vu, University of Birmingham, UK
Paper 27: Cost of capital and directors’ reputation
Speaker: Tolulola Lawal, SOAS University of London, UK
Paper 28: How has the rise of pan-African banks impacted on bank stability in WAEMU?
Speaker: Désiré Kanga, SOAS University of London, UK
Paper 29: Impact of asset size on performance and outreach using panel quantile regression with non-additive fixed effects
Speaker: Sandra Kendo, Neoma Business School, France
Paper 30: Stock market speculation in China: an accelerator of financial inclusion
Speaker: Eric Girardin, Aix-Marseille University, France
Paper 31: A survey of literature on financial literacy and financial behaviour: Is there a gender gap?
Speaker: Maryam Sholevar, SOAS University of London, UK
Paper 32: Diffusion of fintech, financial inclusion and income per capita
Speaker: Christine Oughton, SOAS University of London, UK
Paper 33: Financial literacy and online shopping decisions: evidence from urban China
Speaker: Alessandra Guariglia / Lin Tian, University of Birmingham, UK
Paper 34: How does financial inclusion affect sustainable growth and sustainable reduction in income equality and poverty
Speaker: Ayse Demir, SOAS University of London, UK
Paper 35: Network infrastructure, mobile financial technologies and financial inclusion: Micro-spatial evidence from rural Nigeria
Speaker: Kayode Odusanya / Morakinyo Adetutu, Nottingham Trent University, UK
Paper 36: Psychological and social motivations in microfinance contracts: theory and evidence (contact Dr Meng Xie at xm1@soas.ac.uk to download paper)
Speaker: Junaid Arshad, University of Bologna, Italy
Paper 37: Finance, gender and entrepreneurship: evidence from the 2016 FinScope Consumer Survey Burkina Faso
Speaker: Abbi Kedir, University of Sheffield, UK
Paper 38: Corruption and banks profitability: understanding sustainable financial inclusiveness in the ECOWAS Region
Speaker: Kemi Yekini, University of Nottingham, UK