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Is Poverty in the African DNA (Gene)?
Asongu, Simplice; Kodila-Tedika, Oasis - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2015
dropped substantially in all regions with the exception of Sub-Saharan Africa. We assess if poverty is in the African gene by … revisiting the findings of Ashraf and Galor (2013, AER) and reformulating the ‘Out of Africa Hypothesis’ into a ‘Genetic … Diversity Hypothesis’ for a ‘Within Africa Analysis’. We motivate this reformulation with five shortcomings arising for the most …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011265219
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Deforestation and Welfare: Evidence from Africa
Asongu, Asongu Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2011
This paper examines the effects of deforestation on the welfare of rural communities in the Congo Basin. Using moment conditions of agricultural and forest exploitations, findings indicate deforestation significantly improves welfare both at overall-rural and agricultural household per capita...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010862078
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Population Growth and Forest Sustainability in Africa
Asongu, Asongu Simplice; Jingwa, Jingwa Brian - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2011
growth on forest sustainability in Africa. Using three instruments of forest exploitation, the study shows how rural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010693301
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Natural Selection and the Evolution of Life Expectancy
Galor, Oded; Moav, Omer - EconWPA - 2004
This research develops an evolutionary growth theory that captures the intricate time path of life expectancy in the process of development, shedding new light on the origin of the remarkable rise in life expectancy since the Agricultural Revolution. The theory argues that social, economic and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125645
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Development thresholds of foreign aid effectiveness in Africa
Asongu, Asongu Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2012
are necessary for the effectiveness of foreign aid in Africa. Design/methodology/approach – The panel quantile regression …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010862077
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The Economic Consequences of China-Africa Relations: Debunking Myths in the Debate
Asongu, Asongu Simplice; Aminkeng, Aminkeng Gilbert - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2013
This study dissects with great acuteness some of the big questions on China-Africa relations in order to debunk … direction of China-Africa relations. In the mean, the relationship from an economic standpoint is promising and encouraging but …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010862084
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Fighting consumer price inflation in Africa. What do dynamics in money, credit, efficiency and size tell us?
Asongu, Asongu Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2012
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of policy options in financial dynamics (of money, credit, efficiency and size) on consumer prices. Soaring food prices have marked the geopolitical landscape of African countries in the past decade. Design/methodology/approach –...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010862086
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How would population growth affect investment in the future? Asymmetric panel causality evidence for Africa
Asongu, Asongu Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2011
Our generation is experiencing the greatest demographic transition and Africa is at the center of it. There is mounting …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010862088
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Fighting corruption with cultural dynamics: when legal-origins, religious-influences and existing corruption-control levels matter
Asongu, Asongu Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2012
Are there different determinants in the fight against corruption across developing countries? Why are some countries more effective at battling corruption than others? To investigate these concerns we examine the determinants of corruption-control throughout the conditional distribution of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010862091
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Reversed Economics and Inhumanity of Development Assistance in Africa
Asongu, Asongu Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2012
sustainable cure to poverty in Africa. Social implications – It is a momentous epoque to solve the second tragedy of foreign aid …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010862095