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Implication of islamic finance for Nigeria’s economic diversification through enhanced financial inclusion

This study empirically investigated the effects of financial inclusion on diversification from the perspective of Islamic finance. The analysis focused on eight Muslim countries with established Islamic financial and banking system, seven Muslim countries with no established Islamic financial and ba...

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042 |a dc 
720 |a Kareem, M. K.  |e author 
720 |a Oladapo, M. A  |e author 
720 |a Omotosho, K. M.  |e author 
260 |c 2016 
520 |a This study empirically investigated the effects of financial inclusion on diversification from the perspective of Islamic finance. The analysis focused on eight Muslim countries with established Islamic financial and banking system, seven Muslim countries with no established Islamic financial and banking system and top eight countries in term of nominal GDP using IMF 2015 data. This provided a comparative analysis of the effects of financial inclusion on diversification in each of these groups of countries. Panel regression technique was used and the Herfindahl concentration index was computed and used to measure the degree of diversification to achieve the study objective. The results revealed, among others, that the economies of the countries with established Islamic financial and banking system were less diversified, as the number of Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) per 10,000km2 increased; but became more diversified as commercial bank branches per 1,000km2 and other deposit takers increased; countries with no established Islamic financial and banking systems became less diversified as the number of commercial bank branches per 1,000km2 increased, while they became more diversified as the number of other deposit takers rose. The study thus recommended, among others, that Nigeria should diversify its finance by utilizing Islamic financial products as viable sources of funding for sectors, such as agriculture, mining, manufacturing, and construction 
024 8 |a 978-2984-41-8 
024 8 |a ui_inpro_kareem_implication_2016 
024 8 |a In: The Developmental State and Diversification of the Nigerian Economy. Proceedings of the 57th Annual Conference of the Nigerian Economic Society, pp. 286-320 
024 8 |a http://ir.library.ui.edu.ng/handle/123456789/5200 
653 |a Islamic finance 
653 |a Islamic banking 
653 |a Diversification 
653 |a NigeriaJEL Classification 
245 0 0 |a Implication of islamic finance for Nigeria’s economic diversification through enhanced financial inclusion