The role of ICT in reducing information asymmetry for financial access
May 17, 2016
| S. A. Asongu, B. Moulin | ELSEVIER
This study assesses the role of ICT in complementing private credit bureaus (PCB) and public credit registries (PCR) in reducing information asymmetry for financial access. The study investigates a panel of 53 African countries for the period 2004–2011, with data from the Financial Development and Structure Database (FDSD) and African Development Indicators (ADI) of the World Bank. The two main financial indicators are from the FDSD.