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The Impact of Software Piracy on Inclusive Human Development: Evidence from Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Andrés, Antonio Rodríguez - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2014
This paper examines two dimensions of the software piracy-development nexus to complement existing formal literature. It empirically assesses the incidence of piracy on the Human Development Index (HDI) and its constituents and then the instrumentality of Intellectual Property Right (IPR)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011186560
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Financial Determinants of Human Development in Developing Countries
Asongu, Asongu Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2011
Hitherto financial drivers of human development have been unexplored by the UNDP. This paper assesses determinants of human development from financial dynamics of depth, efficiency, size and activity on data from 38 developing countries. While the importance of financial activity, size and depth...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010693277
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Fighting software piracy: which governance tools matter in Africa?
Asongu, Asongu Simplice; Andrés, Antonio R. - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2012
This article integrates previously missing components of government quality into the governance-piracy nexus in exploring governance mechanisms by which global obligations for the treatment of IPRs are effectively transmitted from international to the national level in the battle against piracy....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010695994
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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
development matter in the impact of aid on development. In substance its object is to assess if threshold development conditions … are necessary for the effectiveness of foreign aid in Africa. Design/methodology/approach – The panel quantile regression … prosperity at macro and micro levels. From the weight of the findings, given a policy of balancing the impact of aid, it could be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010862077
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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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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
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Fighting African capital flight: timelines for the adoption of common policies
Asongu, Asongu Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2013
This paper provides an exhaustive assessment of feasible horizons for policy harmonization against African capital flight. The empirical evidence is based on a methodological innovation on common policy initiatives and the results are premised on 15 fundamental characteristics of African capital...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010862081
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Fresh Patterns of Liberalization, Bank Return and Return Uncertainty in Africa
Asongu, Asongu Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2014
This chapter complements exiting African liberalization literature by providing fresh patterns of two main areas. First, it assesses whether African banking institutions have benefited from liberalization policies in terms of bank returns. Second, it models bank return and return uncertainty in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010862083