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This study explores the extent to which regional integration can be a viable tool in driving energy sustainability in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) sub-region of Africa, and vice versa. It examines the existing opportunities and the attendant challenges for improved...
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The paper extends Breggren et al. (2008, EE) on 'trust and growth: a shaky relationship" by incorporating recent … developments in the trust-growth literature and using a robust methodological underpinning that accounts for the presence of … documented positive trust-growth nexus is broadly confirmed. Secondly, when initial levels of growth come into play in …
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countries, the financial openness policy in the Non-GCC countries have reduced the benefits of FDI on growth, this finding is …
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The paper extends Breggren et al. (2008, EE) on "trust and growth: a shaky relationship" by incorporating recent … developments in the trust-growth literature and using a robust methodological underpinning that accounts for the presence of … documented positive trust-growth nexus is broadly confirmed. Second, when initial levels of growth come into play in determining …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011956941
inclusive growth yet little attention has been paid to it in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Motivated by the dearth of studies on SSA …, we investigate the effect of GVC participation on inclusive growth for 19 SSA countries for the period 1991 to 2017 …, using the system GMM estimator. The results show that GVC participation drives inclusive growth through employment creation …
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of banking system efficiency in Africa. Results which are robust to financial system efficiency and growth …
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The study assesses the role of globalization-fuelled regionalization policies on financial allocation efficiency in four economic and monetary regions in Africa for the period 1980 to 2008. Banking system and financial system efficiencies are used as dependent variables whereas seven bundled and...
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The study assesses the role of globalization-fuelled regionalization policies on financial allocation efficiency in four economic and monetary regions in Africa for the period 1980 to 2008. Banking system and financial system efficiency proxies are used as dependent variables whereas seven...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012389140
This paper proposes and empirically validates four theories of why legal origin influences growth and welfare through …
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indicators could support both endogenous and neoclassical growth theories in the convergence debate. This paper investigates …
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