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Population Growth and Forest Sustainability in Africa
Asongu, Simplice A.; Jingwa, Brian - 2011
growth on forest sustainability in Africa. Using three instruments of forest exploitation, the study shows how rural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390780
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Deforestation and Welfare: Evidence from Africa
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2011
This paper examines the effects of deforestation on the welfare of rural communities in the Congo Basin. Using moment conditions of agricultural and forest exploitations, findings indicate deforestation significantly improves welfare both at overall-rural and agricultural household per capita...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390783
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390818
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Governance, capital flight and industrialisation in Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2019
The study examines the role of governance in modulating the effect of capital flight on industrialisation in Africa …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012389132
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Corporate finance, industrial performance and environment in Africa: Lessons for policy
Mesagan, Peter Ekundayo; Adewuyi, Titilope C.; Olaoye, … - 2022
performance on pollution in Africa between 1990 and 2020. The study, which focuses on 36 African nations, found that corporate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013330054
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Is Aid for Agriculture Effective in Sub-Saharan Africa?
Ssozi, John; Asongu, Simplice; Amavilah, Voxi Heinrich S. - 2017
One of the key economic development challenges facing Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is its low agricultural productivity …. Governments, donors, and foreign investors have underinvested in African agriculture even though research evidence shows that … Moments to examine whether official development assistance (ODA) for agriculture and rural development is helping to boost …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011784893
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Relative Contribution of Child Labour to Household Farm and Non-Farm Income in Ghana: Simulation with Child's Education
Koomson, Isaac; Asongu, Simplice A. - 2015
Child labourers play an integral role in households' income diversification process by contributing to farm and non-farm incomes but policies, including that of the ILO have focused largely on eliminating child labour from the agricultural sector through education. This study sought to ascertain...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390929
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Understanding the link between gendered access to agricultural land and household nutrition outcomes in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
Mwisha-Kasiwa, Janvier; Mosengo, Cédrick Kalemasi; … - 2023
Using data from the DRC Demographic and Health Survey, this study examines the empirical linkages between access to agricultural land and nutritional outcomes by examining gender differences. Results suggest significant effects of access to agricultural land on nutritional outcomes in the full...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014549317
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Achieving food security in Ghana: Does governance matter?
Asare-Nuamah, Peter; Amoah, Anthony; Asongu, Simplice - 2021
This study complements the extant literature by assessing the role of governance dynamics in food security in Ghana for the period 1980-2019. The empirical evidence is based on the Fully Modified Ordinary Least Squares (FMOLS) technique and governance is categorized into: political (entailing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012872975
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Financial reforms and industrialisation: Evidence from Nigeria
Folarin, Oludele E. - 2019
Nigeria adopted the Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP) in 1986 after the crash in world oil price in the early 1980s. Financial reforms are part of the reforms implemented during the SAP. Since, industrialisation is seen as an engine of growth, we conduct an empirical assessment of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012112143