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Thresholds of income inequality that mitigate the role of gender inclusive education in promoting gender economic inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2019

This study provides thresholds of inequality that should not be exceeded if gender inclusive education is to enhance gender inclusive formal economic participation in sub-Saharan Africa. The empirical evidence is based on the Generalised Method of Moments and data from 42 countries during the...

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Global health care infrastructure and Africa in times of Covid-19 : insights for sustainable development and future pandemics

Diop, Samba; Asongu, Simplice - 2020

analysis is provided to showcase which regions are leading in the health facilities in the world in general and Africa in …This exploratory study aims to assess Africa's lagging position in global heath in relation to some health care … SDG-3 on health and wellbeing. Moreover, corresponding inferences suggest that the continent is unprepared for future …

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An account of disproportionate child healthcare utilization in Nigeria

Ihedimma, Godfrey Ikechukwu; Opara, Godwin I. - 2020

Adults are capable of self-assessment of their health status and are at the rudimentary level, able to determine if … they need to consume more of health services or not. This however, lacks in children below the age of 5 years and as such …. The study adopts the NDHS 2013, the Grossman Framework on the demand for health and the Logistic Regression Analysis and …

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Inequality thresholds, governance and gender economic inclusion in sub-Saharan Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2019

Inequality and gender economic exclusion are major policy concerns facing sub-Saharan Africa in the post-2015 development agenda. The study provides critical masses of inequality that should not be exceeded if governance is to promote gender economic participation. The research focuses on 42...

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Poverty and development in Tanzania

Pelizzo, Riccardo; Katera, Lucas; Mwombela, Stephen; … - 2018

The paper investigates the relationship between development, as measured by the GNI per capita and lived poverty in Tanzania which is measured on the basis of whether and how often respondents go, in the course of one year, without food, water, medical care, cooking fuel and cash income. By...

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Growth, employment, poverty and inequality in Tanzania

Kinyondo, Abel; Pelizzo, Riccardo - 2018

This paper shows that in Tanzania, economic growth contributes to job creation and employment opportunities, however, it does very little to curb income inequality. Using official data from various local sources compiled by the National Bureau of Statistics, the paper provides an explanation as...

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Mobile banking usage, quality of growth, inequality and poverty in developing countries

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2017

The transition from Millennium Development Goals to Sustainable Development Goals has substantially shifted the policy debate from development to inclusive development. Using interactive quantile regressions, we examine the correlations between mobile banking and inclusive development (quality...

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Comparative human development thresholds for absolute and relative pro-poor mobile banking in developing countries

Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2017

We assess the correlations between mobile banking and inclusive development (poverty and inequality) in 93 developing countries for the year 2011. Mobile banking entails: 'mobile phones used to pay bills' and 'mobile phones used to receive/send money', while the modifying policy indicator is the...

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The comparative exploration of mobile money services in inclusive development

Asongu, Simplice; Asongu, Ndemaze - 2017

Purpose- We respond to some challenges in the transition to Sustainable Development Goals by examining the correlations between mobile and inclusive development (quality of growth, poverty and inequality) in 93 developing countries for the year 2011. Design/methodology/approach- Mobile money...

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Governance, inequality and inclusive education in Sub-Saharan Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Diop, Samba; Addis, Amsalu K. - 2020

The study provides thresholds of income inequality that if exceeded will nullify the positive effect of governance dynamics on gender-inclusive education in 42 countries in sub-Saharan Africa for the period 2004-2014. The Generalised Method of Moments is used as an estimation strategy. The...

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