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Law, politics and the quality of government in Africa
Asongu, Simplice A.; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2016
This paper examines interconnections between law, politics and the quality of government in Africa. We investigate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011496387
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Law, democracy and the quality of government in Africa
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2011
This paper examines the big questions of African comparative politics. It assesses the interaction of three crucial components in the development of the continent: law, democracy and quality of government. Political regimes of democracy, polity and autocracy are instrumented with income-levels,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410343
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Taxing Africa for inclusive human development : the mediating role of governance quality
Adegboye, Alex; Erin, Olayinka Adedayo; Asongu, Simplice - 2021
enterprise growth in Sub-Sahara Africa (SSA), to identify the research gaps they provide, and to prepare an agenda for future …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012798736
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Fostering integrated governance quality through technology penetration : thresholds of democracy in Sub-Saharan Africa
Ejemeyovwi, Jeremiah O.; Adegboye, Alex; Umukoro, Olaoluwa - 2021
In the quest for the attainment of democracy with its fully unleashed potentials, the role of information and communication technology (ICT) is integral within this current knowledge economy disposition. The study explores the effect of mobile technology penetration on governance quality from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012798890
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Human development and governance in Africa : do good fences make good neighbours?
Asongu, Simplice; Diop, Samba - 2021
In this paper, we revisit the relationship between governance and human development in Africa during the period 2010 … development and governance quality. Our empirical findings support that in Africa, "good fences make good neighbours" or proximity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012601161
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Does globalization promote good governance in Africa? : an empirical study across 51 countries
Asongu, Simplice - 2017
This study investigates the effect of globalisation on governance in 51 African countries for the period 1996-2011. Four bundled governance indicators and four globalisation (political, economic, social and general) variables are used. The empirical evidence is based on Instrumental Variable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011698473
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Pollution, governance, and women's work : examining African female labour force participation in the face of environmental pollution and governance quality puzzles
Okere, Kingsley Ikechukwu; Dimnwobi, Stephen Kelechi; … - 2023
intricate connections between pollution, governance quality, and women's economic engagement in Africa, shedding light on vital …-Saharan Africa (SSA) using data from 28 nations spanning 1996 to 2020. The study employs the dynamic panel threshold model. The key …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014442024
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The financial development-renewable energy consumption nexus in Africa : does governance quality matter?
Dossou, Toyo Amegnonna Marcel; Pascal, Dossou K.; … - 2024
Although the impact of financial development on renewable energy consumption has been extensively examined in recent years, the study regarding the moderation of governance quality on the financial development on renewable energy consumption nexus is sparse. By filling the gap in the energy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015057637
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Democracy and governance
Pelizzo, Riccardo - 2018
The purpose of the paper is to show that the nature of the relationship between governance and democracy varies depending on how the two terms (of a political discourse) are defined, that when the definition of one term encompasses distinctive features of the other we find that governance and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011817112
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Towards efforts to enhance tax revenue mobilisation in Africa : exploring synergies between industrialisation and ICTs
Ofori, Isaac Kwesi; Ofori, Pamela E.; Asongu, Simplice - 2021
agreement, and the expected rebound of foreign direct investment inflow to Africa from 2022, this study examines the joint … effects of industrialisation and ICT diffusion on resource mobilisation in Africa. To this end, we use data on 42 African … services tax (GST), and (ii) profits, corporate and income tax (PCIT) mobilisation efforts in Africa, the effects of the former …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012620741