Research Article
Public Debt and It’s Impact on Bank Behaviour and Financial Efficiency: Ghana in Perspective
Clement Osei-Amoako*,
Kojo Aboagye-Debrah
Issue:
Volume 10, Issue 1, February 2024
Pages:
1-10
Received:
8 April 2024
Accepted:
23 April 2024
Published:
10 May 2024
DOI:
10.11648/j.ijfbr.20241001.11
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Abstract: This study explored the impact of public debt on bank behaviour and financial efficiency in Ghana amid rising global and national debt levels exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic’s economic repercussions. An exploratory research design employing a quantitative approach was used to analyze the perceptions of 201 banking professionals across Ghana. The study utilized cluster and purposive sampling techniques to ensure a representative sample. Data were collected on banks’ risk-averse behaviour, credit availability, interest rates, and investment decisions in relation to public debt levels, using survey instruments and regression analysis to quantify the impacts. The findings reveal significant concerns among banking professionals regarding the influence of high public debt on conservative lending practices, increased interest rates, reduced credit availability, and adverse effects on banks’ profitability and the financial system’s stability. Regression analysis confirmed a negative relationship between public debt and financial efficiency, indicating that rising public debt levels may hinder the sector’s operational effectiveness. These results underscore the critical need for strategic fiscal management to mitigate the risks associated with high public debt levels on financial stability and development. Policymakers and financial institutions are urged to consider measures that promote financial sector efficiency and sustainable debt levels, including fiscal consolidation strategies, diversification of investment portfolios, and enhancement of risk assessment models. This study contributes to the empirical discourse on the effects of public debt on financial development by providing insights specific to the Ghanaian context, which has been relatively underexplored.
Abstract: This study explored the impact of public debt on bank behaviour and financial efficiency in Ghana amid rising global and national debt levels exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic’s economic repercussions. An exploratory research design employing a quantitative approach was used to analyze the perceptions of 201 banking professionals across Ghana. T...
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Research Article
Sustainable Finance and Economical Profitability in Africa
Ousmanou Alim*
Issue:
Volume 10, Issue 1, February 2024
Pages:
11-19
Received:
14 May 2024
Accepted:
29 May 2024
Published:
26 June 2024
Abstract: African continent is facing a considerable demonstration of financial institutions and especially bank group which are dominating the banking environment. In the absence of developed financial markets, these bank organisations are at the centre of the economic activity. They are even the main financing source for companies, States, households and represent about 80% of African continent assets. This situation is encouraged by the organisational structure of those banks (subsidiary companies, representative offices, affiliated banks and branches) which permit a better representatively at the level of the continent. This research analyses the influence of sustainable finance principles on the economical profitability of 42 banking groups implanted in African continent between 2010 and 2020. Thus, data used are extracted from annual reports and were analysed through a time cross-sectional regression corrected for any latent heteroscedasticity and serial autocorrelation. At the end, the findings of this research are plural. firstly, green credits and transparency have a non-considerable impact on economical profitability. secondly, employee shareholding and gender diversity have a negative influence on economical profitability. thirdly, corporate environmental responsibility is negatively and highly correlated to bank economic profitability. Finally, philanthropy positively and highly affects economical profitability. One can therefore conclude that the profitability of sustainable finance is mitigated in Africa.
Abstract: African continent is facing a considerable demonstration of financial institutions and especially bank group which are dominating the banking environment. In the absence of developed financial markets, these bank organisations are at the centre of the economic activity. They are even the main financing source for companies, States, households and r...
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