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Inclusive human development in pre-crisis times of globalisation-driven debts

Asongu, Simplice A.; Efobi, Uchenna Rapuluchukwu; … - 2014

The paper verifies the Azzimonti et al. (2014) conclusions on a sample of 53 African countries for the period 1996-2008. Authors of the underlying study have established theoretical underpinnings for a negative nexus between rising public debt and inequality in OECD nations. We assess the...

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Does public debt matter for human capital development? : evidence from Nigeria

Nwokoye, Ebele Stella; Dimnwobi, Stephen Kelechi; … - 2024

An inquiry into the impact of external and domestic borrowings is considered timely for Nigeria, given the growing public debt profile amid deteriorating human capital development. Using data from 1990 to 2021, the study estimates the effects of domestic and external debts on Nigeria's human...

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Natural resource exports, foreign aid and terrorism

Asongu, Simplice - 2019

Linkages between foreign aid, terrorism and natural resource (fuel and iron ore) exports are investigated in this study. The focus is on 78 developing countries with data for the period 1984 to 2008. The generalised method of moment is employed as empirical strategy. Three main foreign aid...

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Historical prevalence of infectious diseases and sustainable development in 122 countries

Omang, Messono O.; Asongu, Simplice; Tchamyou, Vanessa - 2022

This study investigates the effects of historical prevalence of infectious diseases on contemporary sustainable development. Previous studies reveal numerous proximate causes of sustainable development, but little is known about the fundamental determinants of this widespread economic concern....

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Unjust enrichment from official corruption in Africa : theory and model on how lenders have benefited

Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2016

A 2015 World Bank report on the achievement of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) revealed that since the 1990s …, extreme poverty has been decreasing in all regions of the world with the exception of Africa where about 50 percent of …

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External debt origin, capital flight and poverty reduction in the Franc Zone : does the economic consequences of Sino-African relationship matter?

Nguena, Christian Lambert - 2014

Is China-Africa economic relation instrumental for capital flight and poverty reduction in FZ? Does it matter in the improvement of external debt's impact on GDP per capita and capital flight reduction in particular? This paper extends and assesses the Asongu and Aminkeng (2013) conclusions...

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Rational asymmetric development, Piketty and poverty in Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2016

An April 2015 World Bank report on the Millennium Development Goal poverty target has revealed that extreme poverty has … been decreasing in all regions of the world with the exception of Africa. This study extends the implications of Thomas … development increases and Africa may not catch-up with the developed world. As an ideal solution, Piketty has proposed progressive …

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Recent finance advances in information technology for inclusive development : a survey

Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2017

The overarching question tackled in this paper is: to what degree has financial development contributed to providing opportunities of human development for those on low-incomes and by what information technology mechanisms? We survey about 180 recently published papers to provide recent...

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Financial determinants of human development in developing countries

Asongu, Simplice A. - 2011

Hitherto financial drivers of human development have been unexplored by the UNDP. This paper assesses determinants of human development from financial dynamics of depth, efficiency, size and activity on data from 38 developing countries. While the importance of financial activity, size and depth...

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On the dynamic effects of foreign aid on corruption

Asongu, Simplice A. - 2015

We assemble more pieces on the puzzle of the aid-corruption nexus. In essence, we extend the debate on the effect of foreign aid on corruption by providing evidence on dynamic effects of wealth, legal origin, religious-domination, regional proximity, openness to sea, natural resources and...

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