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Towards the reversal of poverty and income inequality setbacks due to COVID-19: The role of globalisation and resource allocation

Ofori, Isaac Kwesi; Armah, Mark Kojo; Asmah, Emmanuel E. - 2021

and income inequality, is hard to find. Motivated by the bleak outlook of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region … analyse the poverty and income inequality effects of globalisation and resource allocation in the region. Using data from the … show that: (1) while economic globalisation reduces both poverty and income inequality, social globalisation matters only …

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Addressing the severity and intensity of poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa: How relevant is the ICT and financial development pathway?

Ofori, Isaac Kwesi; Armah, Mark Kojo; Taale, Francis; … - 2021

The study examines the effectiveness of financial development, financial access, and ICT diffusion in reducing the severity and intensity of poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Using data from the World Bank's World Development Indicators, and the Global Consumption and Income Project...

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How has politico-economic liberalization affected financial allocation efficiency? Fresh African evidence

Asongu, Simplice A. - 2013

This paper investigates how financial, trade, institutional and political liberalization policies have affected financial efficiency in Africa. It uses updated data to appraise second generation reforms in order to gather fresh evidence and derive more updated policy implications. The 'freedom...

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Fresh Patterns of Liberalization, Bank Return and Return Uncertainty in Africa

Asongu, Simplice A. - 2014

This chapter complements exiting African liberalization literature by providing fresh patterns of two main areas. First, it assesses whether African banking institutions have benefited from liberalization policies in terms of bank returns. Second, it models bank return and return uncertainty in...

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The Reconstruction of the Border Roads and Household Welfare in Nigeria: A Gender Study

Uchenna, Efobi - 2016

This study provides an ex-ante analysis of the welfare effect from the improvement of border road infrastructure in Nigeria. It starts by describing the income distribution in the Nigerian states contained in the sample. It then analyses the relationship between income, household food...

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Towards inclusive growth in Africa: Remittances, and financial development interactive effects and thresholds

Ofori, Isaac Kwesi; Gbolonyo, Emmanuel Y.; Dossou, Toyo … - 2023

income inequality dimensions of inclusive growth, we find that although remittances are ineffective in boosting the former …

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Remittances and income inequality in Africa: Financial development thresholds for economic policy

Ofori, Isaac Kwesi; Gbolonyo, Emmanuel; Dossou, Marcel A. T. - 2022

. Robust evidence from the dynamic GMM estimator shows that: (i) remittances heighten income inequality in Africa, (ii) Africa …

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Towards inclusive green growth in Africa: Critical energy efficiency synergies and governance thresholds

Ofori, Isaac Kwesi; Gbolonyo, Emmanuel; Ojong, Nathanael - 2022

This study contributes to the scholarly literature on the drive towards sustainable development in light of the UN's Agenda 2030 and the African Union's Agenda 2063 by examining pathways through which energy efficiency (EE) promotes inclusive green growth (IGG) in Africa. Our contribution is...

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

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

inequality in OECD nations. We assess the effects of four debt dynamics on inequality adjusted human development. Instrumental …

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Investment and Inequality in Africa: which financial channels are good for the poor?

Asongu, Simplice A. - 2011

This paper examines how domestic, foreign, private and public investments affect income-inequality through financial … the poor as they diminish estimated household income-inequality. Financial size does not have a significant income … in the literature provide new insights into the finance-inequality nexus. Policy implications are discussed. …

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