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Knowledge Economy Gaps, Policy Syndromes and Catch-up Strategies: Fresh South Korean Lessons to Africa
Asongu, Asongu Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2014
Africa’s overall knowledge index fell between 2000 and 2009. South Korea’s economic miracle is largely due to a … knowledge economies. Using updated data (1996-2010), this paper presents fresh South Korean lessons to Africa by assessing the … syndromes and compelling catch-up strategies are discussed. Issues standing on the way to KE in Africa are dissected with great …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010887033
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A brief future of Time in the monopoly of scientific knowledge
Asongu, Asongu Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2013
civil-law) and, regional proximity (South Asia, Europe & Central Asia, East Asia & the Pacific, Middle East & North Africa …, Latin America & the Caribbean and, Sub-Saharan Africa). Three main issues are investigated: the presence or not of catch …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010693281
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Modeling the future of knowledge economy: evidence from SSA and MENA countries
Asongu, Asongu Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2013
This paper projects the future of knowledge economy (KE) in SSA and MENA countries using the four components of the World Bank’s Knowledge Economy Index (KEI): economic incentive, education, ICTs and innovation. The empirical evidence provides the speeds of integration as well as the time...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010693286
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On the Obituary of Scientific Knowledge Monopoly
Asongu, Asongu Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2013
in 99 countries using 21 catch-up panels from 6 regions (South Asia, Europe & Central Asia, East Asia & the Pacific …, Middle East & North Africa, Latin America & the Caribbean and, Sub-Saharan Africa). The findings broadly show that the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010862082
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Fighting software piracy in Africa: how do legal origins and IPRs protection channels matter?
Asongu, Asongu Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2012
In the current efforts towards harmonizing IPRs regimes in the African continent, this paper provides answers to four key questions relevant in the policy decision making processes. After empirically examining the questions, the following findings are established. (1) In comparison to common law...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010862094
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Sino-African relations: a review and reconciliation of dominant schools of thought
Asongu, Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2014
Beijing Model. Both the first and second schools have core values articulated by the New Partnership for Africa’s Development …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011212735
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On the effectiveness of foreign aid in institutional quality
Asongu, Asongu Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2013
We extend the Okada & Samreth (2012, EL) and Asongu (2012, EB) debate on ‘the effect of foreign aid on corruption’ by: not partially negating the former’s methodological underpinning (as in the latter’s approach) with a unifying empirical framework and; broadening the horizon of inquiry...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010690356
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On the channels of foreign aid to corruption
Asongu, Asongu Simplice; Jellal, Mohamed - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2013
The debate by Okada & Samreth (2012, EL) and Asongu (2012, EB; 2013, EEL) on ‘the effect of foreign aid on corruption’ in its current state has the shortcoming of modeling corruption as a direct effect of development assistance. This note extends the debate by assessing the channels of foreign...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010693283
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Consult your gods: the questionable economics of development assistance in Africa
Asongu, Asongu Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2013
as a sustainable cure to poverty in Africa. Though the stated intents or purposes of aid are socio-economic, the actual …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010693304
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On the effectiveness of foreign aid in institutional quality
Asongu, Asongu Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2013
We extend the Okada & Samreth (2012, EL) and Asongu (2012, EB) debate on ‘the effect of foreign aid on corruption’ by: not partially negating the former’s methodological underpinning (as in the latter’s approach) with a unifying empirical framework and; broadening the horizon of inquiry...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010693308