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Foreign direct investment and Inclusive green growth in Africa: Energy efficiency contingencies and thresholds
Ofori, Isaac Kwesi; Gbolonyo, Emmanuel Y.; Ojong, Nathanael - 2022
FDI to foster inclusive green growth (IGG) in Africa. Also, little has been done to show the IGG gains from improving EE … and FDI in fostering IGG in Africa by using macrodata for 23 countries from 2000 to 2020. According to our findings, which … are based on dynamic GMM estimator, FDI hampers IGG in Africa, while EE fosters IGG. Notably, in the presence of EE, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014549388
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Law and Finance in Africa
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2011
This paper assesses how legal origin influences financial development through regulation quality and the rule of law. It employs all the dimensions identified by the Financial Development and Structure Database of the World Bank. The law channels are instrumented with legal origins to account...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390772
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Middle class in Africa: Determinants and Consequences
Kodila-Tedika, Oasis; Asongu, Simplice A.; Kayembe, … - 2014
This study complements the inclusive growth literature by examining the determinants and consequences of the middle class in a continent where economic growth has been relatively high. The empirical evidence is based on a sample of 33 African countries for a 2010 cross-sectional study. OLS,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390886
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Development in Africa
Pelizzo, Riccardo; Kinyondo, Abel; Nwokora, Zim - 2018
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011956950
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011596361
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The Economic Consequences of China-Africa Relations: Debunking Myths in the Debate
Asongu, Simplice A.; Gilbert, Aminkeng - 2013
This study dissects with great acuteness some of the big questions on China-Africa relations in order to debunk … direction of China-Africa relations. In the mean, the relationship from an economic standpoint is promising and encouraging but … management. A number of positive signs suggest that China is heading toward the direction which would provide openings for a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390852
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Investigating the relevance of mobile technology adoption on inclusive growth in West Africa
Ejemeyovwi, Jeremiah O.; Osabuohien, Evans - 2018
other regions holds in West Africa. It used data from World Development Indicators for the period 2004 to 2014, which was … statistically insignificant effect on inclusive growth in West Africa which refutes the positive and significant role of mobile …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012112134
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Fostering integrated governance quality through technology penetration: Thresholds of democracy in Sub-Saharan Africa
Ejemeyovwi, Jeremiah O.; Adegboye, Alex; Umukoro, Olaoluwa - 2021
In the quest for the attainment of democracy with its fully unleashed potentials, the role of information and communication technology (ICT) is integral within this current knowledge economy disposition. The study explores the effect of mobile technology penetration on governance quality from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012872972
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Law, finance, economic growth and welfare: why does legal origin matter?
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2011
This paper proposes and empirically validates four theories of why legal origin influences growth and welfare through finance. It is a natural extension of "Law and finance: why does legal origin matter?" by Thorsten Beck, Asli Demirgüç-Kunt and Ross Levine (2003). We find only partial support...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390770
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Does Intelligence Affect Economic Diversification?
Kodila-Tedika, Oasis; Asongu, Simplice A. - 2014
This paper extends the growing literature on knowledge economy by investigating the effect of intelligence on economic diversification. Using a battery of estimation techniques that are robust to endogeneity, we find that human capital has positive correlations with export diversification,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390894