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The objectives of this paper are to investigate the effect of ICT on sustainable development and the mechanisms through which the effect is modulated. The methodology involves the: (i) Fixed Effects estimator to control for individual heterogeneity, (ii) Driscoll and Kraay estimator to control...
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This paper constructs a theoretical model to explain the relationship between IFRS adoption, FDI and foreign aid. Using the SGMM estimation technique to check the issue of endogeneity and reverse causality, this relationship was examined on 92 countries for the period 2003-2012. Overall, IFRS...
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The present study assesses how governance affects information and communication technology at the global level contingent on macroeconomic policy factors such as trade, foreign investment, manufacturing value added and agriculture value added. The focus of the study is on 183 countries for the...
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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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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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Are formal institutions instrumental in the effect globalization mechanisms have on the human face? If so, through … some channels of globalization on poverty (and inequality), formal institutions have the capacity to device policies that …
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Purpose - Is globalization instrumental in fighting corruption? Do wealth effects matter in this fight? Are findings … standpoints. In the analysis, while the economic and social dimensions of globalization are reflected in the HDI, the political … dimension is captured by good governance indicators. A TSLS-IV estimation technique is applied where-in globalization …
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globalization when income-levels matter. In plainer terms, the work explores how the wealth of exporting countries play-out in the …
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