The interactions between financial development, productivity and growth have been
extensively studied in the literature. However, their nature, directions and magnitudes …

Purpose In this paper, the heterogeneity of the linkages among financial development,
productivity and growth across income groups is emphasized. Design/methodology …

My intention is to explain how rapid agricultural growth accelerates the economic
transformation to a modern economy and most important why it is the prime instrument for …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine farmers' access to credit, credit constraint,
and productivity in the Northern Savannah ecological zone of Ghana. Design/methodology …

Low-skilled off-farm self-employment is the most accessible opportunity for households in
rural Niger looking to diversify their income sources. This raises the question of whether …

Financial development, productivity, and growth are interconnected, but the direction of
causality remains unclear. The relevance of these linkages is likely different for develo** …

We provide new findings on rural livelihood diversification in Nigeria, using panel data from
the Living Standards Measurement Study–Integrated Surveys on Agriculture (LSMS-ISA). To …

This paper examined the nexus between land tenure security, credit access and rice
productivity in Tanzania as a route in achieving sustainable development goals (SDGs) …

We study the impact of an agricultural microcredit program on the livelihoods of small,
marginal, and landless tenant farmers in Bangladesh based on a Randomized Control Trial …

Capital and credit constraints limit the small farm's ability to adequately use resources for
optimum performance. Farmers' access to capital is constrained in multiple ways, including …