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An empirical note on tribalism and government effectiveness
Kodila-Tedika, Oasis; Asongu, Simplice A. - 2015
-tribal populations generally enjoy bad governance in terms of government ineffectiveness. Government ineffectiveness and tribalism are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011408488
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Tribalism and government effectiveness
Asongu, Simplice; Kodila-Tedika, Oasis - 2016
generally enjoy bad governance in terms of government ineffectiveness. Government ineffectiveness and tribalism are found to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011586959
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Corruption, economic growth and the informal sector : empirical evidence from developing countries
Ngouhouo, Ibrahim; Njoya, Loudi; Asongu, Simplice - 2022
informal sector in the presence of corruption. The impact of the interaction between growth and corruption on economic … the empirical literature because it studies the effect of the interaction between growth and corruption in the informal …, economic growth interacts with corruption and produces negative net effects up to a corruption threshold of 4.79745 when this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012817792
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The role of economic prosperity on informality in Africa : evidence of corruption thresholds from PSTR
Njoya, Loudi; Ngouhouo, Ibrahim; Asongu, Simplice; … - 2022
. Using a large annual panel of African countries with a time series of 25 years, ours results show that when the corruption … rate is above (below) a threshold of 1.3577, economic growth reduces (increases) informal economic sector. The corruption … proxy is measured as a decreasing function of corruption such that higher levels of the corruption proxy translate lower …
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Political economy of oil resources management in Nigeria : lessons from other countries
Eregha, Perekunah B.; Mesagan, Ekundayo P. - 2019
The study focuses on the political economy of oil resources management in Nigeria with the sole purpose of showcasing how far the country has gone in effectively managing its crude oil proceeds. It presents a brief history on the excess crude account as well as the sovereign wealth fund in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012107798
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The role of human development on deforestation in Africa : a modelling-based approach
Asongu, Simplice A.; Jingwa, Brian A. - 2012
The rate of deforestation in Africa is of paramount concern not only to the future of Africa, but also to the world. This study uses country-level data to model changes in forest area over an 18 year period (1990-2007) in 35 African countries and investigates the role played by important...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410044
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Deforestation and welfare : evidence from Africa
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2011
This paper examines the effects of deforestation on the welfare of rural communities in the Congo Basin. Using moment conditions of agricultural and forest exploitations, findings indicate deforestation significantly improves welfare both at overall-rural and agricultural household per capita...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410302
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Population growth and forest sustainability in Africa
Asongu, Simplice A.; Jingwa, Brian A. - 2011
Recent distressing trends in climate change, population explosion and deforestation inspired this paper, which completes existing literature by providing empirical justification to hypothetical initiatives on the impact of population growth on forest sustainability in Africa. Using three...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410348
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Fighting corruption in Africa : do existing corruption-control levels matter?
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2012
corruption-control is taking more seriously by the powers that be. (6) Good governance dynamics of political stability …Purpose - Are there different determinants in the fight against corruption across African countries? Why are some … countries more effective at battling corruption than others? To assess these concerns we examine the determinants of corruption …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410220
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Towards the quest to reduce income inequality in Africa : is there a synergy between tourism development and governance?
Ofori, Isaac Kwesi; Dossou, Toyo A. M.; Akadiri, Seyi - 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/10012799023