Research area: Emerging markets finance, investment and trade

Research interests

  1. Industrial organization of financial institutions (Insurers, Banks, MFIs, Medical schemes)
  2. Development finance & DFIs
  3. Econometric analysis of households and firms access to finance and its implications (welfare and poverty reductions).
  4. Outcomes of corporate governance, ESG & CSR

Current research:

  • Efficiency of medical schemes;
  • Efficiency and performance municipalities;
  • Gendered analysis of financial resilience

Research publications: Google Scholar ; ORCiD: 0000-0002-4993-335X  

Student capacity (for 2024) : Actively recruiting PhD students and Post-doctoral researchers 

Contact  latif.alhassan@uct.ac.za 

  

 

LAA