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Trade and FDI thresholds of CO2 emissions for a green economy in Sub-Saharan Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2020

beneficial in promoting a green economy for the first and second sample, respectively. Fourth, FDI is beneficial for the green … economy below critical masses of 28.571 of Net FDI inflows (% of GDP) and 33.333 of net FDI inflows (% of GDP) for first and … promoting the green economy in Sub-Saharan Africa. …

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The paradox of governance and natural resource rents in Sub-Saharan Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2022

In this study, nexuses between governance and natural resource rents are assessed in 44 sub-Saharan African countries using data for the period 1996-2016. The empirical evidence is based on Tobit regressions. The findings show that political governance (entailing â€œvoice &...

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The impact of tourism development on economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa

Nyasha, Sheilla; Odhiambo, Nicholas M.; Asongu, Simplice - 2020

This study examines the dynamic impact of tourism development on economic growth in subSaharan Africa (SSA) using the Generalised Method of Moments and data covering the period from 2002 to 2018. The increasingly important role of tourism and the limelight the tourism sector has been enjoying of...

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Insurance policy thresholds for economic growth in Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2019

This study investigates the role of insurance in economic growth on a panel of forty-eight countries in Africa for the period 2004-2014. The research question the study seeks to answer is the following: what thresholds of insurance penetration positively affect economic growth in Africa? The...

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Drivers of growth in fast emerging economies : a dynamic instrumental quantile approach to real output and its rates of growth in BRICS and MINT countries, 2001-2011

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2018

We analyze the evolution of fast emerging economies of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China & South Africa) and MINT (Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria & Turkey) countries, by assessing growth determinants throughout the conditional distributions of the growth rate and real GDP output for the period...

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Governance quality and trade performance in Sub-Saharan Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2023

In this study, nexuses between governance and trade performance in terms of natural resource rents are assessed in 44 sub-Saharan African countries. The empirical evidence is based on Tobit regressions. The findings show that political governance (entailing "voice & accountability" and political...

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Health performance and economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa : new evidence based on quantile regressions

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2023

The present study investigates the nexus between health performance dynamics and economic growth in 43 countries in sub-Saharan Africa for the period 2004-2018. Four health performance dynamics are used, notably: total life expectancy, male life expectancy, female life expectancy and risk of...

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The of role economic growth in modulating mobile connectivity dynamics for financial inclusion in developing countries

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2022

This study establishes economic growth needed for supply-side mobile money drivers in developing countries to be positively related to mobile money innovations in the perspectives of mobile money accounts, the mobile phone used to send money, and the mobile phone used to receive money. The...

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How enhancing information and communication technology has affected inequality in Africa for sustainable development : an empirical investigation

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2018

This study examines if enhancing ICT reduces inequality in 48 countries in Africa for the period 2004-2014. Three inequality indictors are used, namely, the: Gini coefficient, Atkinson index and Palma ratio. The adopted ICT indicators include: mobile phone penetration, internet penetration and...

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The role of ICT in modulating the effect of education and lifelong learning on income inequality and economic growth in Africa

Tchamyou, Vanessa; Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2019

This study assesses the role of ICT in modulating the impact of education and lifelong learning on income inequality and economic growth. It focuses on a sample of 48 African countries from 2004 to 2014. The empirical evidence is based on the generalised method of moments (GMM). The following...

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