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Globalization and Africa : implications for human development Simplice

Asongu, Simplice A. - 2012

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to assess the effects of trade and financial globalization on human development in 52 African countries using updated data (1996-2010) and a new indicator of human development (adjusted for inequality). Design/methodology/approach - The estimation technique...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410069

African development : beyond income convergence

Asongu, Simplice A. - 2012

In examining some big questions on African development, we provide evidence that dynamics of some development indicators could support both endogenous and neoclassical growth theories in the convergence debate. This paper investigates convergence in real per capita GDP and inequality adjusted...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410273

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...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410398

Law, economic growth and human development : evidence from Africa

Asongu, Simplice A. - 2011

This paper cuts adrift the mainstream approach to the legal-origins debate on the law-growth nexus by integrating both overall economic and human components in our understanding of how regulation quality and the rule of law lie at the heart of economic and inequality adjusted human developments....

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410406

The impact of software piracy on inclusive human development : evidence from Africa

Asongu, Simplice A.; Andrés, Antonio R. - 2014

This paper examines two dimensions of the software piracy-development nexus to complement existing formal literature. It empirically assesses the incidence of piracy on the Human Development Index (HDI) and its constituents and then the instrumentality of Intellectual Property Right (IPR)...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409149

The role of finance in inclusive human development in Africa revisited

Asongu, Simplice; Nting, Rexon T. - 2021

This study investigates direct and indirect linkages between financial development and inclusive human development in data panels for African countries. It employs a battery of estimation techniques, notably: Two-Stage Least Squares, Fixed Effects, Generalized Method of Moments and Tobit...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012416524

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 2010-2019 taking into account the existence of spatial dependence and controlling the endogeneity problem through a Generalized Spatial Two Stage Least Squares (2SLS). The exploratory...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012601161

The impact of software piracy on inclusive human development : evidence from Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Andrés, Antonio R. - 2015

The study examines the effect of software piracy on inclusive human development in 11 African countries for which software piracy data is available for the period 2000-2010. The empirical evidence is based on instrumental variable panel Fixed Effects (FE) and Tobit models in order to control for...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011596561

Finance and inclusive human development : evidence from Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2015

This study investigates direct and indirect linkages between financial development and inclusive human development in data panels for African countries using a battery of estimation techniques, notably: Two-Stage Least Squares, Fixed Effects, Generalized Method of Moments and Tobit regressions....

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011596862

Globalization, peace & stability, governance, and knowledge economy

Amavilah, Voxi Heinrich S.; Asongu, Simplice A.; … - 2014

, determinants of the knowledge economy. To extend that study, this paper claims that globalization induces peace and stability … effects on peace and stability, and peace and stability affect governance differently depending on what kind of globalization … globalization-induced peace and stability have both positive and negative effects on governance simultaneously, we also conclude …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409251