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Understanding the Role of Financial Development and Research Productivity in Shaping Economic Complexity in Africa

Abstract This study has two main objectives, first, to investigate the unconditional effects of research productivity on economic complexity, and second, to examine the synergistic relationship between financial development and research productivity in bolstering Africa’s economi...

Adoption and intensity of agricultural insurance coverage in rural Senegal

Purpose Farmers’ decisions to take up agricultural insurance are often shaped by deep-seated psychological and cognitive processes rather than purely economic considerations. This manuscript addresses an important gap in the literature by examining both farmers’ decisions to adop...