Full Text Available

Note: Clicking the button above will open the full text document at the original institutional repository in a new window.

Savings-Investment Gap in Sub Saharan Africa: Does the Interaction of Financial Sector Development and Migrant Remittances Matter?

This study analyzes the interactive effects of migrant remittances and financial development on savings-investment gap for a panel of 18 Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries from 1990-2017. Results from a panel ARDL model show that migrant remittances reduce savings-investment gap in the long run. The...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Format: Article
Published: 2022
Subjects:
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

MARC

LEADER 00000njm a2000000a 4500
001 oai:repository.ui.edu.ng:123456789/13681
042 |a dc 
720 |a Adeniyi, O. A.  |e author 
720 |a Afolabi, J.  |e author 
720 |a Adekunle, W.  |e author 
720 |a Babatunde, M.  |e author 
720 |a Omiwale, E.  |e author 
260 |c 2022 
520 |a This study analyzes the interactive effects of migrant remittances and financial development on savings-investment gap for a panel of 18 Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries from 1990-2017. Results from a panel ARDL model show that migrant remittances reduce savings-investment gap in the long run. The gap is further reduced when the individual effect of financial development, and the interactive effects of migrant remittances and financial development are taken into consideration. Further analysis reveals evidence of widening effects of rising real GDP growth and bank deposits over a long-term horizon, while higher private sector credit widened the savings-investment gap only in the short-run. The study suggests the need for a policy to reduce migrant remittance transfer costs and encourage beneficiaries to prioritize investment over consumption. 
024 8 |a 2476-8472 
024 8 |a ui_art_adeniyi_saving-investment_2022 
024 8 |a CBN-Journal of Applied Statistics 13(2), pp. 223-255 
024 8 |a https://repository.ui.edu.ng/handle/123456789/13681 
653 |a Financial development 
653 |a Migrant remittances 
653 |a Private sector credit 
653 |a Savings investment gap 
245 0 0 |a Savings-Investment Gap in Sub Saharan Africa: Does the Interaction of Financial Sector Development and Migrant Remittances Matter?