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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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The Role of Human Development on Deforestation in Africa: A Modelling-Based Approach
Asongu, Asongu Simplice; Jingwa, Jingwa Brian - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2012
The rate of deforestation in Africa is of paramount concern not only to the future of Africa, but also to the world …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010696002
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Law, Economic Growth and Human Development: Evidence from Africa
Asongu, Asongu Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2011
overall economic and human components in our understanding of how regulation quality and the rule of law lie at the heart of …-Saharan Africa is slightly below the average of Francophone Africa. As a policy implication, results support the benefits of the rule … of law and quality of regulation as channels to economic growth and human development. …
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
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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
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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