The impact of state-owned banks on economic performance of emerging market economies
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2018
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Kungwane, Gasenna
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A well-functioning financial system facilitates economic growth through exploitation of
market opportunities like product innovation, discovery of novel ideas and new resources,
technological advancements, innovative and sustainable ways of using existing resources.
The financial system is the engine room of financial intermediation between the surplus and
the deficit sectors developing a strong financial system and other economic entities has a
great potential of driving economic growth of a country.
The prior studies that investigated the subject did not consider the potential impact of stateowned
banks on the both economy and social developments. Therefore, this paper will
contribute by broadening the research to include state-owned banks’ impact on economic
and social development with a particular focus on developing and emerging economies.
A judgemental sampling technique in selecting 13 countries was followed as a deliberate
choice to enable selection of study units based on the qualities possessed by such units.
The sample units were identifiable into two categories; state-owned banks and privatelyowned
banks in a sample of countries for the period 1961 - 2016.
The study utilised two forms of panel data models, the fixed effects model and random
effects model. The study found that credit extension by state-owned banks has a positive
effect on GDP per capita growth, human development, employment rate and lead to a
decrease in the poverty rate. However, it is negatively related to manufacturing as a
proportion of GDP.
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Master of Management in Finance and Investments (MMFI), March 2018
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Kungwane, Gasenna Mpelegeng, (2018) The impact of state-owned banks on economic performance of emerging market economies, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, https://hdl.handle.net/10539/28607