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Joshua Yindenaba Abor

University of Ghana

354 publications · 8,785 citations · ORCID 0000-0002-3424-7760

Economic Growth and DevelopmentCorporate Finance and GovernanceBanking stability, regulation, efficiencyIslamic Finance and Banking StudiesMicrofinance and Financial Inclusion

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Joshua Yindenaba Abor is a prolific researcher specializing in development finance, monetary economics, and sustainable investment within the context of emerging and developing economies. Abor's work extensively examines the roles of foreign direct investment, financial inclusion, and development banking in driving economic growth and structural transformation across Africa. Additionally, Abor contributes significantly to the literature on project finance, infrastructure development, and the application of financial technology in the region.

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How do specific policy interventions aimed at improving female education and labor force participation accelerate the 'maternal mortality transition' in regions currently experiencing high maternal mortality?

Why this gap exists: While the retrieved literature establishes links between female education, political power, and health outcomes (e.g., [3], [6], [9]), no study directly addresses how specific labor or education policy interventions accelerate the 'maternal mortality transition' in high-mortality regions, leaving the mechanism and impact of such specific policies unresolved.

What is the comparative effectiveness of telemedicine versus traditional in-person care in maintaining essential antenatal coverage and reducing maternal mortality in low-income and middle-income countries during future health system shocks?

Why this gap exists: While abstracts [4], [7], [8], and [9] discuss digital tools and maternity care in low- and middle-income countries, none provide a direct comparative effectiveness analysis of telemedicine versus in-person care regarding maternal mortality during health system shocks, leaving the specific question unresolved.

Sources

  1. COVID-19 and resilience of healthcare systems in ten countriesNature Medicine, 2022
  2. Community Health Workers Can Provide Psychosocial Support to the People During COVID-19 and Beyond in Low- and Middle- Income CountriesFrontiers in Public Health, 2021
  3. Social Impacts and Responses Related to COVID-19 in Low- and Middle-income CountriesOpenDocs (Institute of Development Studies), 2020
  4. Seizing the moment to rethink health systemsThe Lancet Global Health, 2021
  5. Use of mHealth in promoting maternal and child health in “BIMARU” states of India “A health system strengthening strategy”: Systematic literature reviewPLOS Digital Health, 2024
  6. Investments for effective functionality of health systems towards Universal Health Coverage in Africa: A scoping reviewPLOS Global Public Health, 2022
  7. Infant and young child feedingOECD eBooks, 2023
  8. Facilitators and barriers to the implementation of a Mobile Health Wallet for pregnancy-related health care: A qualitative study of stakeholders’ perceptions in MadagascarPLoS ONE, 2020
  9. The impact of digital interventions on health insurance coverage for reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health services utilization in Kakamega, Kenya: a cluster randomized controlled trialHealth Policy and Planning, 2024
  10. Seeking digital maternity healthcare during the pandemic health system shock: a systematic review of women's experiences in low- and middle-income countriesFrontiers in Reproductive Health, 2026

How does the consumption of plant-based proteins, specifically those high in anti-nutritional factors like phytates and trypsin inhibitors, affect mineral bioavailability and growth outcomes in children relying on these proteins as primary staples?

Why this gap exists: While the retrieved papers confirm that anti-nutritional factors like phytates and trypsin inhibitors reduce mineral bioavailability [0, 2], they focus on general adult health or crop improvement [1, 6] and do not provide direct evidence on the specific growth outcomes in children relying on these proteins as primary staples.

Publications

Green finance, financial inclusion and agricultural productivity in Africa

Development and sustainability in economics and finance. · 2025 · 6 citations

Green Finance Initiatives in Banking Institutions

Sustainable development goals series · 2025 · 5 citations

The Rise of FinTech in Africa: Empowering the Underserved and Unbanked

Sustainable development goals series · 2025 · 1 citations

Behavioural finance theory and anomalies

Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks · 2025

Digital finance, financial development and economic wealth in Africa

Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance · 2025

Monetary policy, FinTech, and financial stability

Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks · 2025

The economics of financial markets and institutions

Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks · 2025

Introduction to financial economics

Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks · 2025 · corresponding author

Financial innovation: emergence, motivations, and impact

Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks · 2025

Digital finance and banking

Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks · 2025

InsurTech in Africa: Redefining Insurance for the Underserved

Sustainable development goals series · 2025

Climate finance and financial inclusion

Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks · 2025

Green finance and banking

Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks · 2025

Microeconomic foundation of financial economics

Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks · 2025

Climate finance, international trade and inclusive growth in Africa

Journal of Sustainable Finance and Accounting · 2024 · 14 citations

Green finance and renewable energy in Africa: Does inclusive finance play any role?

Development and sustainability in economics and finance. · 2024 · 4 citations

Multiscale tail risk integration between safe-haven assets and Africa’s emerging equity market

The North American Journal of Economics and Finance · 2024 · 3 citations

Financial and other services sectors in Africa

Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks · 2024 · 2 citations

Money, Inflation, and Growth

2024 · 1 citations

Firms’ access to finance, export trade channels and exports in Africa

International Journal of Economic Policy Studies · 2024 · 1 citations

How Does Taxation of Oil and Gas Hold up in Commodity Price Volatility?

Advances in African economic, social and political development · 2024 · 1 citations

The Future of Natural Resource Management and Policy in Africa

Advances in African economic, social and political development · 2024

Foreign Direct Investment and Tax Incentives in the Extractives Sector: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Advances in African economic, social and political development · 2024

Introduction: An Overview of Management and Tax Policy of Natural Resources

Advances in African economic, social and political development · 2024

The Changing Role of National Development Banks in Africa

2023 · corresponding author · 14 citations

Foreign bank presence and inclusive growth in Africa: the moderating role of financial development

African Journal of Economic and Management Studies · 2023 · 9 citations

Entrepreneurship, foreign direct investments and economic wealth in Africa

Cogent Business & Management · 2023 · 8 citations

Sustainable financing in developing economies

Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks · 2023 · 7 citations

Sustainable banking in developing economies

Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks · 2023 · 5 citations

Sustainable private equity and venture capital in developing economies

Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks · 2023 · 4 citations

Overview of Development Finance Institutions

2023 · corresponding author · 2 citations

Board dynamics, dividend pay-out policy and banking efficiency in an emerging market context

International Journal of Business and Emerging Markets · 2023 · 2 citations

Introduction to Sustainable and Responsible Investment in Developing Markets

Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks · 2023 · corresponding author · 2 citations

Evolution, principles and concepts of sustainable and responsible investment

Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks · 2023 · 1 citations

Environmental and climate finance in developing countries

Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks · 2023 · 1 citations

Crowdfunding and sustainable enterprises in developing markets

Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks · 2023 · 1 citations

Impact investing in developing markets

Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks · 2023 · 1 citations

Energy consumption, institutional quality, and private capital inflows in Africa

Energy Sources Part B Economics Planning and Policy · 2023 · 1 citations

Market Power and Bank Lending in Africa: The Role of Regulatory Policy

Journal of African Business · 2023 · 1 citations

The rise of fiduciary capitalism in developing countries

Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks · 2023

Do Energy Markets Drive Private Capital Flows?

SSRN Electronic Journal · 2023

Introduction to National Development Banks

2023 · corresponding author

Financial inclusion and economic growth: What roles do institutions and financial regulation play?

International Journal of Finance & Economics · 2022 · 56 citations

How do anti-money laundering systems affect FDI flows across the globe?

Cogent Economics & Finance · 2022 · 32 citations

Financial sector development, anti-money laundering regulations and economic growth

International Journal of Emerging Markets · 2022 · 26 citations

Foreign direct investment, anti‐money laundering regulations and economic growth

Journal of International Development · 2022 · 18 citations

FinTech and the Future of Banks and Financial Services in Africa

Palgrave Macmillan studies in banking and financial institutions · 2022 · corresponding author · 6 citations

Financial Inclusion, Banking Sector Development, and Financial Stability in Africa

Palgrave Macmillan studies in banking and financial institutions · 2022 · 6 citations

The COVID-19 Pandemic and Africa’s Financial Systems: How Do We Reform Post-COVID-19 Financial Systems?

Palgrave Macmillan studies in banking and financial institutions · 2022 · corresponding author · 5 citations

Explaining Banking Failures in Africa

Palgrave Macmillan studies in banking and financial institutions · 2022 · 5 citations

The Economics of Banking and Finance in Africa

Palgrave Macmillan studies in banking and financial institutions · 2022 · 5 citations

Monetary Policy, Central Banks’ Independence, and Financial Development in Africa

Palgrave Macmillan studies in banking and financial institutions · 2022 · 4 citations

Introduction: An Overview of Africa’s Financial Systems

Palgrave Macmillan studies in banking and financial institutions · 2022 · corresponding author · 4 citations

Regulations and banking crisis: lessons from the African context

Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance · 2022 · 3 citations

Effective monetary policy, banks' pricing behaviour and human development in Africa

International Journal of Banking Accounting and Finance · 2022 · 3 citations

Central Bank Policies and Market Power Over the Business Cycle in Africa

Journal of Emerging Market Finance · 2022 · 2 citations

Bank Market Power and Monetary Policy Transmission in Africa in the Wake of Information Sharing Institutional Arrangements

Palgrave Macmillan studies in banking and financial institutions · 2022 · 1 citations

Bond Market Development in Africa: A Review

Palgrave Macmillan studies in banking and financial institutions · 2022 · 1 citations

Cross-Border Banking, Bank Pricing and Financial Inclusion in Africa

Palgrave Macmillan studies in banking and financial institutions · 2022 · 1 citations

Board Dynamics, Dividend Pay-out Policy and Banking Efficiency in an Emerging Market Context

International Journal of Business and Emerging Markets · 2022

Private Capital Flows, Domestic Financial Markets and Energy Use in Africa

Palgrave Macmillan studies in banking and financial institutions · 2022

Pension Markets in Africa

Palgrave Macmillan studies in banking and financial institutions · 2022

Macro-Prudential Regulation, Monetary Policy and Systemic Banking Crises in Africa

Palgrave Macmillan studies in banking and financial institutions · 2022

Effective monetary policy, banks' pricing behaviour and human development in Africa

International Journal of Banking Accounting and Finance · 2022

Bank Competition and Financial Inclusion: Evidence from Ghana

RePEc: Research Papers in Economics · 2021 · 1 citations

African Banking Sector Development: The Roles of Remittances and Monetary Policy

˜˜The œœAfrican finance journal · 2021 · 1 citations

<scp>Anti‐money</scp> laundering regulations and financial sector development

International Journal of Finance & Economics · 2020 · 56 citations

Economic freedom, competition and bank stability in Sub-Saharan Africa

International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management · 2020 · 43 citations

Implications of COVID-19 Pandemic for Health Financing System in Ghana

Journal of Health Management · 2020 · 41 citations

Financial inclusion and financial sector development in Sub-Saharan Africa: a panel VAR approach

International Journal of Managerial Finance · 2019 · 70 citations

Central bank independence, elections and fiscal policy in Africa

International Journal of Emerging Markets · 2019 · 28 citations

Financial consumer protection and economic growth

International Journal of Emerging Markets · 2019 · 17 citations

Financial freedom, market power and bank margins in sub-Saharan Africa

Journal of Financial Regulation and Compliance · 2019 · 12 citations

Financial access and economic development: the moderating role of financial consumer protection

International Journal of Managerial Finance · 2019 · 10 citations