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A re-examination of the relation between democracy and international trade: The case of Africa

Balding, Christopher - 2011

Scholars and policy makers believe that democracy will bring prosperity through integration into the global economy via … trade more. Second, democracy implies higher quality governance either through institutions or policy-making procedures. I …, importers and exporters. I find the theory that democracy, and many of its components, promotes international trade unconvincing …

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Population Growth and Forest Sustainability in Africa

Asongu, Simplice A.; Jingwa, Brian - 2011

Recent distressing trends in climate change, population explosion and deforestation inspired this paper, which completes existing literature by providing empirical justification to hypothetical initiatives on the impact of population growth on forest sustainability in Africa. Using three...

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The Role of Human Development on Deforestation in Africa: A Modelling-Based Approach

Asongu, Simplice A.; Jingwa, Brian - 2012

The rate of deforestation in Africa is of paramount concern not only to the future of Africa, but also to the world. This study uses country-level data to model changes in forest area over an 18 year period (1990-2007) in 35 African countries and investigates the role played by important...

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Aid and the environment in Africa: A synthesis of eight case studies

Muchapondwa, Edwin - 2014

This study seeks to understand what aid flows have been doing to the environment in eight countries in Eastern, Western … environmental conditions as long as mainstreaming of either biodiversity or climate change or desertification or the environment …

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The comparative sustainable development in Sub-Saharan Africa

Asongu, Simplice - 2017

Motivated by sustainable development challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa, this study assesses the comparative persistence of environmental unsustainability in a sample of 44 countries in the sub-region for the period 2000 to 2012. The empirical evidence is based on Generalised Method of Moments. Of...

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The effects of climate risk on hydropower P3 contract value: Preliminary study of the Inga 3 Dam

Swanson, A. Richard; Sakhrani, Vivek - 2016

Large hydropower dams are at the centre of a debate weighing the value and costs of renewable energy against the risks of climate change. The debate is especially relevant on the African continent, which offers vast hydropower potential, but which is exposed to possible climatic changes. This...

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Fighting corruption with cultural dynamics: when legal-origins, religious-influences and existing corruption-control levels matter

Asongu, Simplice A. - 2012

across the best and worst corruption-fighting countries especially with respect to democracy, population growth and economic …

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Fighting corruption when existing corruption-control levels count : what do wealth effects tell us?

Asongu, Simplice A. - 2012

(an) tool(impediment) in(to) the fight against corruption in Low(Middle) income countries. (2) Democracy increases (decreases …

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Fighting corruption in Africa: do existing corruption-control levels matter?

Asongu, Simplice A. - 2012

seriously in comparison to those that are lax on the issue. (4) Findings on democracy broadly indicate the democratization …

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Fighting corruption when existing corruption-control levels count: what do wealth-effects tell us in Africa?

Asongu, Simplice A. - 2012

(an) tool (impediment) in (to) the fight against corruption in Low (Middle) income countries. (2) Democracy increases …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390801