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The role of economic prosperity on informality in Africa : evidence of corruption thresholds from PSTR
Njoya, Loudi; Ngouhouo, Ibrahim; Asongu, Simplice; … - 2022
This paper is interested in explaining the causes of the simultaneous evolution between economic growth and informality. Using a large annual panel of African countries with a time series of 25 years, ours results show that when the corruption rate is above (below) a threshold of 1.3577,...
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Development in Africa
Pelizzo, Riccardo; Kinyondo, Abel; Nwokora, Zim - 2018
The purpose of the chapter is to analyze Africa's economic successes in the past half century, to understand not only what made it possible but also and more importantly what risk factors may eventually bring it to an end or compromise it. While it may not be possible for Africa to alter, for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011794986
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Ecotourism for transformative and youth development in sub-Saharan Africa : the role of corporate social responsibility in Nigeria's oil host communities
Uduji, Joseph I.; Okolo-Obasi, Elda N. - 2023
We examine the impact of multinational oil companies' (MOCs) corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives on enabling youth participation in theecotourism development in Niger Delta region of Nigeria. Results from the use ofaverage treatment test of a combined propensity score matching and...
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World Bank Group support to public-private partnerships : lessons from experience in client countries, FY02-12
2015 - Online-Ausg.
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The World Bank Legal Review, Volume 7 Financing and Implementing the Post-2015 Development Agenda : The Role of Law and Justice Systems
Fariello, Frank - 2016 - Online-Ausg.
The newly adopted post-2015 development agenda is centered on 17 sustainable development goals to be reached by 2030. This volume of the World Bank Legal Review looks at how law and justice systems can support the financing and implementation of these goals, including the role of the rule of law...
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The Primacy of Regime Survival : State Fragility and Economic Destruction in Zimbabwe
Simpson, Mark; Hawkins, Tony - 2018
1. Introduction -- 2. The Economics of State Fragility -- 3. Zimbabwe’s First Decade: Building the One-Party State and …This book analyses the past and ongoing decline of Zimbabwe under the rule of ZANU-PF, with a primary focus on the … period 1997 to the present. In contrast to much existing literature on post-independence Zimbabwe which has focused on the …
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A comparative study of export processing zones in the wake of sustainable development goals : cases of Botswana, Kenya, Tanzania and Zimbabwe
Adu-Gyamfi, Richard; Asongu, Simplice; Mmusi, Tinaye S.; … - 2020
, and Zimbabwe integrate the Sustainable Development Goals in their implementation and operations. We focused on four … programmes. We found that firms in Kenya and Zimbabwe have a higher number of male than female employees, while zones in Tanzania …
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Mobile phone penetration, mobile banking and inclusive development in Africa
Asongu, Simplice A.; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2016
The study assesses the role of mobile phones and mobile banking in decreasing inequality in 52 African countries. The empirical procedure involves first, examining the income-redistributive effect of mobile phone penetration and then investigating the contribution of mobile banking services in...
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Mobile phones in the diffusion of knowledge and persistence in inclusive human development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2016
The success of inclusive development strategies in the post-2015 sustainable development agenda depends substantially on the adoption of common inclusive development policies among nations. Building on the relevance of a knowledge economy in the post-2015 development agenda, this study models...
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How has mobile banking stimulated financial development in Africa?
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2012
In the first empirical assessment of the incidence of mobile banking on financial intermediary development in Africa, we use two definitions of the financial system: the traditional IFS (2008) and Asongu (2011) measures of financial sector importance. When the conception of a financial system is...
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