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A development consensus reconciling the Beijing Model and Washington Consensus : views and agenda
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2014
Reconciling the two dominant development models of the Washington Consensus (WC) and Beijing Model (BM) remains a critical challenge in the literature. The challenge is even more demanding when emerging development paradigms like the Liberal Institutional Pluralism (LIP) and New Structural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409248
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The political economy of development assistance : peril to government quality dynamics in Africa
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2012
This paper assesses the effectiveness of foreign aid in improving government institutions in 52 African countries using updated data (1996-2010). Findings suggest development assistance deteriorates government quality dynamics of corruption-control, political-stability, rule of law, regulation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410244
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The macroeconomic impact of recent political conflicts in Africa : generalized synthetic counterfactual evidence
Diop, Samba; Asongu, Simplice; Tchamyou, Vanessa - 2021
This paper measures the macroeconomic impact of recent political crisis, protest and uprisings in Africa with the generalized synthetic control method and evaluates the role played by natural resource dependence on the modulation of the impact. We find that political crisis, protests and...
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On the determinant of financial development in Africa : geography, institutions and macroeconomic policy relevance
Adekunle, Ibrahim A.; Yinusa, Olumuyiwa Ganiyu; … - 2021
While it is clear that financial depth and economic diversity are prerequisites for the realisation of growth and development objectives, heterogeneous factors that determines financial development remains imperfectly understood. This ambiguity in the structural relations between varied...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012603080
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Engendering macroeconomic policy for gender equality in sub-Saharan Africa
Adekunle, Ibrahim Ayoade; Kalejaiye, Toluwani G.; … - 2020
The social movement is inspiring meaningful conversation about the discriminatory practices' that Africa women have long faced in every aspect of their lives. However, despite considerable improvement in the gender balance discourse, the worst cases of gender imbalances are still recorded in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012404455
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Global shocks alert and monetary policy responses
Shobande, Olatunji Abdul; Shodipe, Oladimeji Tomiwa; … - 2019
The study examines the role of global predictors on national monetary policy formation for Kenya and Ghana within the New Keynesian DSGE framework. We developed and automatically calibrated our DSGE model using the Bayesian estimator, which made our model robust to rigorous stochastic number of...
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Building knowledge-based economies in Africa : a systematic review of policies and strategies
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2019
Compared to other regions of the world, Africa is lagging in its drive toward knowledgebased economies. This study systematically reviews the literature in order to highlight the policies and strategies with which African countries can accelerate their current drive towards building...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012111599
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Economic stabilisation and performance in West Africa : the role of fiscal and monetary policy
Mesagan, Ekundayo P.; Yusuf, Ismaila A. - 2019
The study examines the impact of fiscal and monetary policy on economic performance and stabilisation in Nigeria … policy has insignificant effect on economic performance in Nigeria and the Gambia, but has significant impact in Ghana while … fiscal policy significantly enhances economic performance in Nigeria and Gambia, but is insignificant in Ghana. Result also …
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The reconstruction of the border roads and household welfare in Nigeria : a gender study
Uchenna, Efobi - 2016
Nigeria. It starts by describing the income distribution in the Nigerian states contained in the sample. It then analyses the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011499919
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Fiscal incentives and tax compliance behaviour in industrial clusters : a survey of clusters in South-East Nigeria
Nwokoye, Ebele Stella; Igbanugo, Clement Izuchukwu; … - 2022
in Nigeria. Data from 800 firms drawn from three industrial clusters in SouthEast Nigeria were collected using a …, investment incentives) significantly influence the tax compliance behaviour of firms in Nigeria's industrial clusters. Similarly …, the study finds that fiscal incentives significantly enhance firm performance in Nigeria's industrial clusters …
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