Financial development, human capital accumulation and economic growth: empirical evidence from the economic community of West African states

• Main Authors: Abubakar, Abdulsalam, Kassim, Salina, Yusoff, Mohammed
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: H Social Sciences (General); HB Economic Theory; HG Finance
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/41982/1/41982.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/41982/
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

From the perspective of the endogenous growth models, the poor economic performance of the ECOWAS region can be traced to the low level of human capital accumulation in the region. However, recently, great attention has been paid to the role of financial development towards economic growth, by encou...