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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012650707
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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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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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Policy interventions in renewable energy for sustainable development : is Ghana on the right path to achieve SDG 7?
Ackah, Ishmael - 2016
opportunity as well as a challenge to African countries including Ghana. Indeed, the Ghana Energy Commission estimates that Ghana … Ghana a net exporter of power when the needed investment is provided. This paper examines the policy interventions in … renewable energy in Ghana over the past 20 years. It also includes a review of the literature on the relationship between …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011496336
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Relative contribution of child labour to household farm and non-farm income in Ghana : simulation with child's education
Koomson, Isaac; Asongu, Simplice A. - 2015
Child labourers play an integral role in households' income diversification process by contributing to farm and non-farm incomes but policies, including that of the ILO have focused largely on eliminating child labour from the agricultural sector through education. This study sought to ascertain...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011407948
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Achieving food security in Ghana : does governance matter?
Asare-Nuamah, Peter; Amoah, Anthony; Asongu, Simplice - 2021
This study investigates: (i) the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on total factor productivity (TFP) and economic growth dynamics, and (ii) the relevance of value added from three economic sectors in modulating the established effect of FDI on TFP and economic growth dynamics. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012798962
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Threshold effects of ICT access and usage in Burkinabe and Ghanaian households
Karakara, Alhassan Abdul-Wakeel; Osabuohien, Evans - 2021
Burkina Faso and Ghana. It employs Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data for both Burkina Faso and Ghana 2014 in achieving …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012614095
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Environmental pollution policy of small businesses in Nigeria and Ghana : extent and impact
Efobi, Uchenna Rapuluchukwu; Belmondo, Tanankem; Orkoh, … - 2018
Ghana, where there has been a rising industrial growth amidst low regulatory and institutional frameworks. We analyze the … 842 firms (447 for Nigeria and 395 for Ghana) distributed across different regions of both countries for our descriptive … protection is dismally low in both Nigeria (32 percent) and Ghana (17 percent), with policies focused on reducing solid (38 …
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