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Foreign aid complementarities and inclusive human development in Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2019

boosting inclusive human development in Africa. (a) When 'aid to social infrastructure' is moderated with other aid types …

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Taxation, foreign aid and political governance in Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2019

, legal origins, natural resources and landlockedness. While the hypothesis is invalid in baseline Africa, low income and …

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Boosting quality education with inclusive human development: Empirical evidence from sub-Saharan Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2019

This study examines the importance of inclusive human development in promoting education quality in a panel of forty-nine Sub-Saharan African countries for the period 2000-2012. The empirical evidence is based on Ordinary Least Squares (OLS), Fixed Effects (FE) and Quantile Regression (QR)...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012112140

The mobile phone, information sharing and financial sector development in Africa: A quantile regressions approach

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2019

This study investigates linkages between the mobile phone, information sharing offices (ISO) and financial sector development in 53 African countries for the period 2004-2011. ISO are private credit bureaus and public credit registries. The empirical evidence is based on contemporary and...

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Governance, CO 2 emissions and Inclusive Human Development in Sub-Saharan Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2019

This study investigates the relevance of government quality in moderating the incidence of environmental degradation on inclusive human development in 44 sub-Saharan African countries for the period 2000-2012. Environmental degradation is measured with CO2 emissions and the governance dynamics...

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Economic development thresholds for a green economy in Sub-Saharan Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2019

This study investigates how increasing economic development affects the green economy in terms of CO2 emissions, using data from 44 countries in the SSA for the period 2000-2012. The Generalised Method of Moments (GMM) is used for the empirical analysis. The following main findings are...

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Doing business and inclusive human development in Sub-Saharan Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2018

Purpose - This study examines how doing business affects inclusive human development in 48 sub-Saharan Africa for the …. Originality/value - The study is timely and very relevant to the post-2015 Sustainable Development agenda for two fundamental … reasons: (i) Exclusive development is a critical policy syndrome in Africa because about 50% of countries in the continent did …

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Governance and social media in African countries: An empirical investigation

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2018

This study assesses linkages between social media and governance dynamics in 49 African countries for the year 2012. The empirical evidence is based on ordinary least squares and quantile regressions. Ten bundled and unbundled governance dynamics are used, notably: (i) polit ical governance...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012112169

Challenges of doing business in Africa: A systematic review

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2018

This paper provides a systematic review of challenges to doing business in Africa. It complements the extant literature …; and what are the challeng es to doing business in Africa? In providing answers to the se questions, the nexus between the …

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ICT, financial access and gender inclusion in the formal economic sector: Evidence from Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2018

The study investigates the relevance of information and communication technology (ICT) in modulating the effect of financial access on female economic participation. Female economic participation is proxied by female labor force participation, financial access is measured with deposit and credit...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012112178