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Fighting African Conflicts and Crimes: Which Governance Tools Matter?
Asongu, Asongu Simplice; Kodila-Tedika, Oasis - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2013
Crimes and conflicts are seriously undermining African development. This article assesses the best governance tools in the fight against the scourges. The following findings are established. (1) Democracy, autocracy and voice & accountability have no significant negative correlations with crime....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010862097
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On the Effect of State fragility on Corruption
Asongu, Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2014
The Kodila-Tedika & Bolito-Losembe (2014, ADR) finding on no evidence of causality flowing from State fragility to classical corruption or extreme corruption could have an important influence on academic and policy debates. Using updated data (1996-2010) from 53 African countries, we provide...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011266296
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The Role of Lifelong Learning in Political Stability and Non-violence: Evidence from Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2014
academic circles. Against the background of growing political instability in Africa and the central role of the knowledge … learning can be an effective tool in the fight against violence and political insurgency in Africa. Originality/value – As the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011103381
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Crime and conflicts in Africa: consequences of corruption?
Asongu, Asongu Simplice; Kodila-Tedika, Oasis - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2013
in the birth and propagation of conflicts within and across Africa. Policy implications are discussed. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010693307
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Software piracy, inequality and the poor: evidence from Africa
Asongu, Asongu Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2012
piracy on inequality in Africa, we examine how a plethora of factors (IPRs laws, education & ICTs and government quality) are … the incidence of piracy on inequality in Africa: a continent with stubbornly high poverty and inequality rates. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010696011
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Foreign Direct Investment, Aid and Terrorism: Empirical Insight Conditioned on Corruption Control
EFOBI, Uchenna; ASONGU, Simplice; BEECROFT, Ibukun - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2015
This study checks the effect of foreign aid on terrorism and FDI, conditioned on domestic levels of corruption … established: the negative effect of terrorism on FDI is apparent only in higher levels of CC; foreign aid dampens the negative … effect of terrorism on FDI only in higher levels of CC; when foreign aid is subdivided into its bilateral and multilateral …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011212529
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Law, Economic Growth and Human Development: Evidence from Africa
Asongu, Asongu Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2011
-Saharan Africa is slightly below the average of Francophone Africa. As a policy implication, results support the benefits of the rule …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010862076
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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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How would monetary policy matter in the proposed African monetary unions? Evidence from output and prices
Asongu, Asongu Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2013
We analyze the effects of monetary policy on economic activity in the proposed African monetary unions. Findings broadly show that: (1) but for financial efficiency in the EAMZ, monetary policy variables affect output neither in the short-run nor in the long-term and; (2) with the exception of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010862079
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Correcting inflation with financial dynamic fundamentals: which adjustments matter in Africa?
Asongu, Asongu Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2013
This paper assesses the adjustment of inflation with financial dynamic fundamentals of money (financial depth), credit (financial activity) and efficiency. Three main findings are established. (1) There are significant long-run relationships between inflation and the fundamentals. (2) The error...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010862080