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The Effects of Remittances on Output per Worker in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Production Function Approach

Ssozi, John; Asongu, Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2014

This paper uses a production function to examine the channels through which remittances affect output per worker in 31 Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries from 1980-2010. We find that remittances directly increase output per worker if complemented with education. The indirect effects vary with...

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The impact of health worker migration on development dynamics: evidence of wealth-effects from Africa

Asongu, Asongu Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2012

This paper examines three relevant hypotheses on the incidence of health worker migration on human development and …) human development (GDP per capita growth) in low (high) quantiles of the distribution. (3) Specific differences in effects … are found in top quantiles of human development and low quantiles of GDP per capita growth where, the physician (nurse …

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Determinants of Health Professionals’ Migration in Africa: a WHO based Assessment

Asongu, Asongu Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2013

, corruption-control, press-freedom, government effectiveness, human development, foreign-aid, physical security, trade openness …

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Determinants of Health Professionals’ Migration in Africa

Asongu, Asongu Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2012

-control, press-freedom, government effectiveness, human development, foreign-aid, physical security, trade openness and financial …

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The Impact of Liberalisation Policies on Inequality in Africa

Asongu, Asongu Simplice; Batuo, Michael E. - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2012

Despite over three decades of Liberalisation policies in Africa, income-inequality has stayed persistently high. Using updated panel data of 26 African countries spanning the period 1996-2010, this study examines the effect of liberalisation policies with particular focus on financial, trade,...

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Inequality, poverty and quality of institutions: which freedom channels of globalization matter for Africa?

Asongu, Asongu Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2013

Are formal institutions instrumental in the effect globalization mechanisms have on the human face? If so, through which freedoms channels are poverty and inequality mitigated? With the instrumentality of formal institutions: (1) de jure financial liberalization (KAOPEN) has a positive...

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Globalization and health worker crisis: what do wealth-effects tell us?

Asongu, Asongu Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2012

Owing to lack of relevant data on health human resource (HHR) migration, the empirical dimension of the health-worker crisis debate has remained void despite abundant theoretical literature. A health worker crisis is overwhelming the world. Shortages in health professionals are reaching...

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Software piracy, inequality and the poor: evidence from Africa

Asongu, Asongu Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2012

Purpose – Poverty and inequality undoubtedly remain substantial challenges to economic and human developments amid growing emphasis on IPRs (with recent advances in ICTs) and good governance. In the first empirical study on the incidence of piracy on inequality in Africa, we examine how a...

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Development thresholds of foreign aid effectiveness in Africa

Asongu, Asongu Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2012

development matter in the impact of aid on development. In substance its object is to assess if threshold development conditions … technique enables us to investigate if the relationship between development dynamics and development assistance differs … throughout the distributions of development dynamics. Findings – Three main findings are established. (1) With slight exceptions …

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Financial development dynamic thresholds of financial globalization: evidence from Africa

Asongu, Asongu Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2012

development has taken place in African countries. Design/methodology/approach – In framing the financial dimension in a more … the financial development benefits of financial globalization. The estimation approach consists of assessing the impact of … financial globalization through-out the conditional distributions of domestic financial development dynamics. Findings – The …

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