11 February, 2021 at 17:00 (CAT)

Professor Victor Murinde was key speaker, on Thursday 11 February 2021, at the virtual book launch hosted by the University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB) of the new volume, Contemporary Issues in Development Finance (ISBN 9781138324329, edited by Joshua Yindenaba Abor of the University of Ghana, Charles Komla Delali Adjasi of UBS, and Robert Lensink of the University of Groningen), published last month by Routledge, London. The 15-chapter book features eminent contributors from Africa, Europe, USA and Canada and provides comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of theoretical and policy issues in development finance from the domestic and the external finance perspectives and emphasizes addressing the gaps in financial markets. The volume features contributions from Co-Investigators on the ESRC-FDCO research project at SOAS led by Professor Murinde as PI. Partly focussing his key speech on his contribution to the book, in Chapter 10 on “Financial inclusion and economic growth”, Professor Murinde went further to explore new research areas, including the use of sovereign wealth funds in Africa for COVID-19 fiscal intervention.

Contemporary Issues in Development Finance provides comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of theoretical and policy issues in development finance from both domestic and external finance perspectives. The publication also places great emphasis on addressing the significant gaps in financial markets, particularly in Africa.