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Towards inclusive green growth in Africa : critical energy efficiency synergies and governance thresholds

Ofori, Isaac Kwesi; Gbolonyo, Emmanuel; Ojong, Nathanael - 2022

This study contributes to the scholarly literature on the drive towards sustainable development in light of the UN's Agenda 2030 and the African Union's Agenda 2063 by examining pathways through which energy efficiency (EE) promotes inclusive green growth (IGG) in Africa. Our contribution is...

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Institutions and poverty : a critical comment based on evolving currents and debates

Asongu, Simplice A.; Kodila-Tedika, Oasis - 2014

Tebaldi & Mohan (2010, JDS) have established an empirical nexus between institutions and monetary poverty. We first … underlying study that institutions could have an indirect effect on multidimensional poverty. In other words, the poverty … eradication effect of institutions is through income-average as opposed to income-inequality. We discuss the confirmed findings in …

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Institutional governance, education and growth

Jellal, Mohammed; Bouzahzah, Mohamed; Asongu, Simplice - 2015

This study articulates the interaction between institutional governance, education and economic growth. Given the current pursuit of education policy reforms and knowledge economy around the world, it is of policy relevance to theoretically analyze the main mechanisms by which the macroeconomic...

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Agricultural sector performance, institutional framework and food security in Nigeria

Osabohien, Romanus; Osabuohien, Evans; Ohalete, Precious - 2019

This study examines how the performance of the agricultural sector can be enhanced in the longrun through institutional framework thereby ensuring food security in Nigeria. It employs the ARDL (Autoregressive Distributed Lag) with data from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) statistical bulletin,...

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The white man's burden : on the effect of African resistance to European domination

Kodila-Tedika, Oasis; Asongu, Simplice A.; Cinyabuguma, … - 2016

Are there contemporary development effects of African resistance to European domination? This question is the primary issue addressed by this inquiry. We establish that African resistance has had adverse effects on post-colonial African development and discuss possible channels of such...

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Tribalism and financial development

Kodila-Tedika, Oasis; Asongu, Simplice A. - 2015

We assess the correlations between tribalism and financial development in 123 countries using data averages from 2000-2010. The tribalism index is used to measure tribalism whereas financial development is measured from perspectives of financial intermediary and stock market developments. The...

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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...

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State fragility, rent seeking and lobbying: evidence from African data

Asongu, Simplice A.; Kodila-Tedika, Oasis - 2013

This paper assesses the determinants of state fragility in sub-Saharan Africa using hitherto unexplored variables in the literature. The previously missing dimension of nation building is integrated and the hypothesis of state fragility being a function of rent seeking and/or lobbying by de...

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Repackaging FDI for inclusive growth : nullifying effects and policy relevant thresholds of governance

Ofori, Isaac Kwesi; Asongu, Simplice - 2022

This study examines whether the remarkable inflow of resources in the form of foreign direct investment (FDI) to SSA contributes to inclusive growth in the region. The study further investigates whether SSA's institutional fabric modulates the effect of FDI on inclusive growth in SSA. To this...

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Bridging Africa's income inequality gap : how relevant is China's outward FDI to Africa?

Ofori, Isaac Kwesi; Dossou, Toyo A. M.; Asongu, Simplice; … - 2021

In line with the SDG 10 and Aspiration 1 of Africa's Agenda 2063, this study examines whether: (i) the remarkable inflow of Chinese FDI to Africa matters for bridging the continent's marked income inequality gap, (ii) Africa's institutional fabric is effective in propelling Chinese FDI towards...

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