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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...
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The paper explores the dark side of economic openness by examining empirically the nexus between the globalization … and exploitation of human beings. After discussing some transmission channels through which globalization could increase … specificities and controlling for social, cultural and historical factors, suggest that globalization, particularly financial and …
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The present study examines the relevance of globalization in lifelong gender inclusive education for structural …, secondary and tertiary inclusive education stages. Total globalization and corresponding components (social, economic and … (i.e., interpersonal, informational and cultural) globalization are also employed for robustness purposes. The hypotheses …
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The study assesses the role of globalization-fuelled regionalization policies on financial allocation efficiency in … are used as dependent variables whereas seven bundled and unbundled globalization variables are employed as independent … sensitive to financial openness compared to trade openness and most sensitive to globalization. The relationship between …
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The paper verifies the Azzimonti et al. (2014) conclusions on a sample of 53 African countries for the period 1996-2008. Authors of the underlying study have established theoretical underpinnings for a negative nexus between rising public debt and inequality in OECD nations. We assess the...
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This study examines the impact of globalisation on inclusive human development in 51 African countries for the period 1996-2011 with particular emphasis on income levels (low income versus middle income), legal origins (English common law versus French civil law), resource wealth (oil-rich...
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Using cross-country differences in the degree of isolation before the advent of technologies in sea and air transportation, we assess the relationship between geographic isolation and financial development across the globe. We find that pre-historic geographical isolation has been beneficial to...
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This study assesses the effect of globalisation on governance in 51 African countries for the period 1996-2011. Ten bundled and unbundled governance indicators and four globalisation variables are used. The empirical evidence is based on Generalised Method of Moments. The following findings are...
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The present inquiry contributes to extant literature by simultaneously accounting for variations in financial development and financial globalisation in the assessment of hypothetical initial financial development conditions for the rewards of financial globalisation. The policy relevance for...
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Purpose - We investigate if financial development benefits from financial globalisation are questionable until certain thresholds of financial globalisation are attained. Design/methodology/approach - Financial globalisation is proxied with Net Foreign Direct Investment Inflows as a percentage...
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