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Income levels, governance and inclusive human development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2019
This study examines how income-driven governance affects inclusive human development in Sub-Saharan Africa with data …) governances. The main finding is that "middle income"-driven governance has a higher effect on inclusive human development than … "low income"-driven governance. Policy implications are discussed in the light of: (i) the contemporary relevance of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012025637
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Government size, openness and income risk nexus : new evidence from some African countries
Nwaka, Ikechukwu Darlington - 2015
Empirical evidence for the compensation hypothesis holds that trade openness independent of income risk has no … relationship between openness, income risk, terms of trade volatility and income per capita on government size in each of the 5 … effects of income per capita on government size for each country and some evidence of the mitigating and cushioning effects of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011596566
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Child fostering and health nutritional outcomes of under-five : evidence from Cameroon
Kountchou, Armand Mboutchouang; Kamga, Cédric Foyet; … - 2023
The objective of this article is to analyze the effect of child fostering on health nutritional outcomes of under-five children in host households in Cameroon. The data used comes from the recent Cameroon Demographic and Health Survey (DHS-V, 2018). Three anthropometric measures of health and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013536204
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Intelligence, human capital and HIV/AIDS : fresh exploration
Kodila-Tedika, Oasis; Asongu, Simplice A. - 2015
This study complements existing literature on the relationship between HIV/AIDS and human capital by introducing previously unexplored indicators as well as more robust empirical strategies. The overarching purpose is to assess whether previous findings on the relationship withstand empirical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011408404
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Determinants of health professionals' migration in Africa : a WHO based assessment
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2013
Abstract Purpose - How do economic prosperity, health expenditure, savings, price-stability, demographic change, democracy, corruption-control, press-freedom, government effectiveness, human development, foreign-aid, physical security, trade openness and financial liberalization play-out in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409899
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The impact of health worker migration on development dynamics : evidence of wealth-effects from Africa
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2012
This paper examines three relevant hypotheses on the incidence of health worker migration on human development and economic prosperity (at macro and micro levels) in Africa. Owing to lack of relevant data on Health Human Resource (HHR) migration for the continent, the subject matter has remained...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410040
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Globalization and health worker crisis : what do wealth-effects tell us?
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2012
globalization when income-levels matter. In plainer terms, the work explores how the wealth of exporting countries play-out in the … distribution of health human resource emigration. Findings provide very targeted policy implications based on income-levels and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410067
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Determinants of health professionals' migration in Africa
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2012
How do economic prosperity, health expenditure, savings, price-stability, demographic change, democracy, corruption-control, press-freedom, government effectiveness, human development, foreign-aid, physical security, trade openness and financial liberalization play-out in the fight against...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410241
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Gender difference in nutrition and health in agricultural households in Nigeria : the role of corporate social responsibility in oil producing communities
Uduji, Joseph I.; Okolo-Obasi, Elda N. - 2022
The purpose of this paper is to critically examine the multinational oil companies' (MOCs) corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives in Nigeria. Its special focus is to investigate the impact of the global memorandum of understanding (GMoU) on gender difference in nutrition and health in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013262628
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Health vulnerability versus economic resilience to the Covid-19 pandemic : global evidence
Asongu, Simplice; Diop, Samba; Nnanna, Joseph - 2020
The purpose of this study is to understand how countries have leveraged on their economic resilience to fight the Covid-19 pandemic. The focus is on a global sample of 150 countries divided into four main regions, namely: Africa, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East, America and Europe. The study...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012301761