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Does agricultural value added induce environmental degradation? Empirical evidence from an agrarian country

Agboola, Mary O.; Bekun, Festus V. - 2019

This study empirically investigates the agriculture-induced environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis in an agrarian framework. Annual time series data from 1981−2014 was employed using Augmented Dickey−Fuller and the Phillips−Perron (PP) unit root test complemented by the Zivot and Andrews...

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Growth enhancement support scheme (GESS) and farmers' fertilizer use in rural Nigeria

Uduji, Joseph I.; Okolo-Obasi, Elda N.; Asongu, Simplice - 2019

a critical factor for raising fertilizer use in Nigeria. This implies that food security in sub-Saharan Africa can be …

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Heterogeneous Assessment of Urbanisation, Energy Consumption and Environmental Pollution in Africa: the Role of Regulatory Quality

Ibekilo, Bruno N.; Ekesiobi, Chukwunonso; Emmanuel, … - 2023

mediate pollution in Africa via urbanisation and energy consumption channels, and (iv) The interaction of regulatory quality …The pace of urbanisation, the intensity of energy consumption, and the quality of environmental regulation level pose a … severe threat to environmental sustainability in Africa. Hence, we examine the role of regulatory quality on environmental …

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Industrialisation, Finance, and Urbanisation in Africa

Adeniyi, Oluwatosin A.; Folarin, Oludele - 2023

This study investigated two key questions: what is the impact of industrialisation on urbanisation in Africa? and to … what extent does financial development affect this industrialisation- urbanisation nexus? To elicit answers to these … panel estimator. The findings showed that industrialisation had positive and significant effects on urbanisation. Further …

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Women Empowerment and Intra-household Dietary Diversity in Nigeria

Tanankem, Belmondo V.; Efobi, Uchenna R.; Atata, Ngozi S. - 2016

This study used a nationally representative survey from the 2012-2013 World Bank’s General Household Survey for Nigeria, to examine the relationship between empowerment, measured using a modification of the Alkire et al. (2013) empowerment index, and household dietary diversity, based on the...

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Inclusive human development in pre-crisis times of globalisation-driven debts

Asongu, Simplice; Efobi, Uchenna; Beecroft, Ibukun - 2014

The paper verifies the Azzimonti et al. (2014) conclusions on a sample of 53 African countries for the period 1996-2008. Authors of the underlying study have established theoretical underpinnings for a negative nexus between rising public debt and inequality in OECD nations. We assess the...

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Bank Efficiency and Openness in Africa: Do Income Levels Matter?

Asongu, Simplice A. - 2010

This paper integrates a previously missing wealth-effect component in the openness-finance debate. From a panel of 29 low and middle income African countries with data spanning from 1987 to 2008, we provide evidence that openness (trade and financial) triggers less bank efficiency in low income...

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