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Finance, Institutions and Private Investment in Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Nnanna, Joseph; Tchamyou, Vanessa - 2020
the relationships between various components of property rights institutions and private investment, notably: political … correlate of private investment than financial intermediary development. The interaction of finance and governance is not … significant in potentially promoting private investment, perhaps due to substantially documented surplus liquidity issues in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012304901
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Foreign direct investment, information technology and economic growth dynamics in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2019
investment (FDI) on economic growth dynamics in 25 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa for the period 1980-2014. The employed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012025644
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Governance and domestic investment in Africa
Iheonu, Chimere Okechukwu - 2019
The study empirically examined the impact of governance on domestic investment in 16 African countries with a balanced … influence domestic investment in Africa, except for government effectiveness which happens to be insignificant. Also, Voice …/Accountability and the Control of Corruption exert more influence on domestic investment as indicated by their coefficient values …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011998097
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Electronic wallet technology and the enabling environment of smallholder farmers in Nigeria
Uduji, Joseph I.; Okolo-Obasi, Elda N.; Asongu, Simplice - 2019
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to critically examine the impact of growth enhancement support scheme (GESS) on the enabling environment of smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa. Its special focus is to investigate the GESS impact on access to rural farm credit and transport cost of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012051858
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Adoption of improved crop varieties by involving farmers in the e-wallet program in Nigeria
Uduji, Joseph I.; Okolo-Obasi, Elda N. - 2018
The amount of improved seed used in Nigeria is extremely low. Overall, only 5 to 10 percent of cultivated land is planted with improved seeds, and about 10 percent of rural farmers use improved varieties. The objective of this investigation was to identify determinants of adoption of improved...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011998116
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Determinants of property rights protection in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Kodila-Tedika, Oasis - 2016
This article complements existing literature by assessing determinants of property rights protection with particular emphasis on history, geography and institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa. The empirical evidence is based on a sample of 47 countries for the period 2000-2007. Random effects GLS...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011548650
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Rational asymmetric development : transfer pricing and Sub-Saharan Africa's extreme poverty tragedy
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2015
A recent publication by the World Bank on Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) has established that extreme poverty has been decreasing in all regions of the world with the exception of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), in spite of over two decades of growth resurgence. This chapter explores the role of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011408496
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The effects of remittances on output per worker in Sub-Saharan Africa : a production function approach
Ssozi, John; Asongu, Simplice A. - 2014
This paper uses a production function to examine the channels through which remittances affect output per worker in 31 Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries from 1980-2010. We find that remittances directly increase output per worker if complemented with education. The indirect effects vary with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409201
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Financial access and value added in Sub-Saharan Africa : empirical evidence from the agricultural, manufacturing and service sectors
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2022
This research assesses the importance of financial access on value added in three economic sectors in 25 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa using data for the period 1980-2014. The empirical evidence is based on the Generalised Method of Moments. Financial access is measured with private domestic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012817812
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Trade shocks and labour market resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa : does the franc zone response differently?
Nchofoung, Tii Njivukuh - 2022
The objective of this paper is to evaluate the impact of commodity terms of trade (CTOT) shocks on the labour market resilience of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries, comparing the franc zone countries on one hand, from the non-franc zone countries on the other hand. The results from the PVAR...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012817891