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Reconciliation of the Washington Consensus with the Beijing Model in Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2016

In this study, we argue that an approach which will reconcile the two opposing camps in Sino-African relations and bring the most progress is a “middle passage” that greases contradictions and offers an accommodative, balanced and pragmatic vision on which Africans can unite. We present a...

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Sino-African relations: a review and reconciliation of dominant schools of thought

Asongu, Simplice A. - 2014

We review about 100 papers on Sino-African relations published during the past 5 years for the most part, in order to put some structure on the existing strands. The literature is classified into dominant schools of thought, namely the: neocolonial or pessimistic; balance-development or...

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China's Strategies in Economic Diplomacy: A Survey of Updated Lessons for Africa, the West and China

Asongu, Simplice A.; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C.; Aminkeng, … - 2014

The Washington consensus, the hitherto dominant scheme is being encroached by the Beijing model. Many African nations are increasingly embracing this Beijing approach because the dominant Western model has failed to deliver on a number of fronts. This is increasingly evident because China's...

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Sino-African relations: some solutions and strategies to the policy syndromes

Asongu, Simplice A.; Ssozi, John - 2015

We survey about 110 recently published studies on Sino-African relations; put some structure on the documented issues before suggesting some solutions and strategies to the identified policy syndromes. The documented issues classified into eight main strands include, China: targeting nations...

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Lessons from a survey of China's economic diplomacy

Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C.; Aminkeng, … - 2018

Today, the West faces a considerable dilemma in their support for the Washington Consensus as a dominant approach for development because the Beijing model has grown to become an unavoidable process which can only be neglected at the cost of standing on the wrong side of economic history. The...

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Towards efforts to enhance tax revenue mobilisation in Africa: Exploring synergies between industrialisation and ICTs

Ofori, Isaac Kwesi; Ofori, Pamela E.; Asongu, Simplice - 2021

Motivated by the momentous rise in ICT diffusion, the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area agreement, and the expected rebound of foreign direct investment inflow to Africa from 2022, this study examines the joint effects of industrialisation and ICT diffusion on resource...

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Towards efforts to enhance tax revenue mobilisation in Africa: Exploring the interaction between industrialisation and digital infrastructure

Ofori, Pamela Efua; Ofori, Isaac Kwesi; Asongu, Simplice - 2022

Motivated by the momentous rise in the new economy, the implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area agreement, and the expected rebound of foreign direct investment to Africa from 2022, this study examines the joint effects of industrialisation and digital infrastructure on...

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Bundling Governance: Finance versus Institutions in Private Investment Promotion

Asongu, Simplice; Batuo, Enowbi; Tchamyou, Vanessa - 2015

Purpose – The study extends the debate on finance versus institutions in the promotion of investment documented by … institutions to promote investment on the one hand and fighting financial allocation inefficiency by mitigating surplus liquidity … issues on the other hand. Originality/value – The paper extends the debate on the substitution of finance and institutions in …

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Institutional Governance, Education and Growth

Jellal, Mohamed; Mohamed, Bouzahzah; Asongu, Simplice - 2015

This study articulates the interaction between institutional governance, education and economic growth. Given the current pursuit of education policy reforms and knowledge economy around the world, it is of policy relevance to theoretically analyze the main mechanisms by which the macroeconomic...

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FDI and Growth in the MENA countries: Are the GCC countries Different?

Gammoudi, Mouna; Cherif, Mondher; Asongu, Simplice - 2016

of institutions. These results are confirmed with both annual data and five year average data. …

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