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At the top of our end-of-term reading list is Financial Inclusion & Sustainable Rural Development, the new book edited by Faculty Director Isaac Koomson (#UQ #CBEH) & Renato Villano (#UNE). bit.ly/4hjy7yM #FinancialInclusion #SDGs #FinancialCapability #SocialDevelopment

'Financial Inclusion and Sustainable Rural Development' provide a discourse on the viability of financial inclusion as an effective policy for achieving the SDGs in rural areas across the globe. bit.ly/4hjy7yM

· Employment-related time poverty (TPOV) increases the likelihood of eating food away from home (FAFH). · TPOV increases FAFH more for lunch, followed by breakfast and dinner. · Time stress is an important pathway in the process. Published in #Appetite doi.org/10.1016/j.appe…

New book with @villano_rene published by @Palgrave Financial Inclusion and Sustainable Rural Development Publication: link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9… #FinancialInclusion #SDGs #EnergyTransition #rural #SustainableDevelopment #mentalhealth @uniQLD #CBEH #resilience #mobilemoney #4IR

Financial Inclusion (FI) and Sustainable Rural Development *Provides a rural-based exposition on the link between FI and SDGs *Explores the transmission mechanisms that underlie the FI-SDG nexus *Conceptualizes FI using multidimensional constructs or digital financial inclusion

MARCH 2024 "Financial Inclusion and Multidimensional Child Poverty" • by @ikoomson2 coordinating editor: @leightjessica buff.ly/3SLElNN #REHO Free Access through March 31

@SaddickAdams This is what I’ve been waiting for. Go @SaddickAdams. The whole of Ghana is behind you

14th February. Come and join us for the love of the game. #SaveGhanaFootball

@SaddickAdams @SaddickAdams & other journalists are part of the problem if they cannot organise a demonstration against the GFA like others do against the government

By tomorrow, that committee to search for a new Black Stars coach should be left with only one person, and that could be the chairman who has failed repeatedly. If they care about their integrity, they should do the honourable. We don’t need even Jose Mourinho. This time, no amount of cunning cover up and trickery will succeed. Fix the real issues. Fix the fundamentals.

- We use 4 waves representative China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) longitudinal survey. - We find that being an entrepreneur increases subjective wellbeing. - Social status and economic status are important channels through which entrepreneurship influences subjective wellbeing.

📢New Paper! My newest work: "Entrepreneurship and subjective wellbeing in China: Exploring linkages and potential channels" is published in Journal of Business Venturing Insights [ABDC - A]. with Isaac Koomson (@uniQLD) & Quanda Zhang (Federation Uni) sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

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Which team wins the 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗗𝗿𝗶𝗽 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 contest? 🥶 #TotalEnergiesAFCON2023

No one does it like Mama Africa. 😎 #TotalEnergiesAFCON2023

@JacobNunoo @ENERGY Congratulations, Boss

Paper alert: We are pleased to inform you that your article "Multidimensional Energy Poverty in West Africa: Implication for Women’s Subjective Well-being and Cognitive Health" has been published online in Applied Research in Quality of Life. rdcu.be/dvcgC @ENERGY

#Long school travel time impedes children’s learning outcomes through class hours missed and poor health #school #Africa buff.ly/3nAB5Sn @cliff020 @ikoomson2 #Ghana. OPEN ACCESS

What is the link between ethnic diversity and financial inclusion? Increased employment opportunities and social group membership serve as potential pathways via which ethnic diversity increases financial inclusion, this study finds. More: go.unu.edu/MsEES @mnkdanquah

Non-farm entrepreneurship reduces energy poverty in rural India. Effects vary across the four castes. Financial and durable asset accumulation serve as important pathways. Published open access via rb.gy/narsf @uniQLD @csdwustl #SDGs #EnergyTransition

In a new review, an international team of researchers looks at #EconomicEmpowerment interventions & educational outcomes. The findings may surprise you. More: doi.org/10.1007/s40894… #FinancialCapability #AssetBuilding #CBEH #FCABAfrica #AcademicAchievement #AcademicPerformance

An article by authors from SubSaharan #Africa: How does #school travel time impact children’s #learning outcomes in a developing country? (Free Access through Sept30) 8 citations #REHO buff.ly/3nAB5Sn @cliff020 @ikoomson2 (pictured) economic #development #education

Bank trust increases financial inclusion by 34.3 percentage points. Effect is larger among males and urban residents. In 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬 & 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 Borrower discouragement mediates the bank trust-financial inclusion nexus.

More than 90% of primary school children travel on foot to school and this negatively affects their learning outcomes #Africa #Ghana buff.ly/3nAB5Sn @cliff020 @ikoomson2 #REHO

Bridging the gender asset gap: financial literacy training increases asset accumulation more for women than men #gender #finlit #Africa attention: @Dr_AnnaLusardi @ikoomson2 OPEN ACCESS @villano_rene March 2022 link.springer.com/article/10.100…