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Savings transition in Asia: Unity in diversityThis paper examines the national savings behaviour in the process of economic growth through a comparative analysis of countries in developing Asia from a historical perspective...
Saving Life cycle Export-led growthWorking Paper
Determinants of domestic savings in Tanzania: Empirical evidenceThis paper examines trends and determinants of gross domestic savings in Tanzania using data for the period 1990–2020. The autoregressive distributed lag approach is employed to empirically analyse the short-run and long-run relationships...
Domestic savings Saving TanzaniaWorking Paper
Public savings in Africa: Do sovereign wealth funds serve development?Do sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) contribute to Africa’s development? This paper assesses the objectives of SWFs (fiscal stabilization, productive investment, intergenerational saving) and discusses alternatives...
Saving Sovereign wealth funds Fiscal policyWorking Paper
Fintech in sub-Saharan AfricaThis paper traces the development of fintech in sub-Saharan Africa, its evolution over time, and the unfolding benefits attained at each stage of its adoption and market evolution...
Fintech Financial inclusion SavingWorking Paper
Pension funds in sub-Saharan AfricaThe population structure the world over is going through a demographic shift, and the elderly proportion is projected to increase with population growth...
Elderly care Pensions SavingWorking Paper
Financial liberalization and its implications for private savings in sub-Saharan AfricaThis paper employs data from 103 developing countries between 1981 and 2012 to examine the determinants of private savings in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), with a focus on the effect of financial liberalization on private savings...
Developing countries Financial liberalization SavingWorking Paper
Effects of productivity growth on domestic savings across countries: Disentangling the roles of trend and cycleResource mobilization continues to be an important policy challenge for developing economies, raising questions as to what determines differences in saving behaviour across countries...
Saving Productivity GrowthProject
The domestic savings shortfall in developing countries – what can be done about it?
Theme: Transforming states
Domestic savings Domestic revenue mobilization Economic growthProject
Personal assets from a global perspectiveTheme: 2004-05
The project aims to assemble data about the distribution and composition of personal assets in developing, transition, and developed countries and to study the implications of personal asset-holding for economic development. The most important asset...
Poverty Inequality and Well-being Personal wealth