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Global health care infrastructure and Africa in times of Covid-19 : insights for sustainable development and future pandemics
Diop, Samba; Asongu, Simplice - 2020
This exploratory study aims to assess Africa's lagging position in global heath in relation to some health care infrastructure before critically examining the situation of Africa in the light of pressing Covid-19 healthcare infrastructural needs in terms of number of hospital beds, intensive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012301756
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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 …. Four main HIV/AIDS measurements are regressed on intelligence for a maximum of 195 cross-sectional averages over the past … decreases deaths from HIV/AIDS by almost the same rate as it reduces infections to the disease. Moreover, the HIV infection rate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011408404
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Multinational oil companies in Nigeria and Corporate Social Responsibility in the HIV/AIDS response in host communities
Uduji, Joseph I.; Okolo-Obasi, Elda N.; Asongu, Simplice - 2019
We assess the impact of corporate social responsibility (CSR) of multinational oil companies (MOCs) on HIV/AIDS … not significantly impacted on factors behind the spread of HIV/AIDS in rural communities. This implies that the impact of … inclined downward. The findings suggest that CSR offers an opportunity for MOCs to help address HIV/AIDS prevalence through a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011997644
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COVID-19 global pandemic, financial development and financial inclusion
Asongu, Simplice; Ojong, Nathanael; Edoh, Ofeh M. - 2021
This chapter examines how the Covid-19 pandemic has affected financial development and financial inclusion in African countries. The study provides both broad perspectives and country-specific frameworks based on selected country cases studies. Some emphasis is placed on the achievement of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012798307
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The Covid-19 pandemic and the new poor in Africa : the straw that broke the Camel's back
Diop, Samba; Asongu, Simplice - 2020
This study assesses the incidence of the Covid-19 pandemic on poverty levels in 50 African countries by employing the PovcalNet computational tool for poverty monitoring. The empirical evidence is based on: (i) Pre Covid-19 macroeconomic projections of October 2019 and revised macroeconomic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012236692
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Central banks' responses to the Covid-19 pandemic : the case of the Bank of Central African States
Asongu, Simplice; Ojong, Nathanael; Soumtang, Valentine B. - 2021
This study explores the responses to the COVID-19 pandemic by the Bank of Central African States (BEAC), which is the central bank for countries in the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC), that is, Cameroon, Chad, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Central African Republic, and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012798293
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The economic consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic in Nigeria
Farayibi, Adesoji O.; Asongu, Simplice - 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic has generated shocks that have caused economic fluctuations globally, calling for an understanding of the behaviour of macroeconomic variables. This study presents an early review of the macroeconomic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic in Nigeria. The aggregate supply and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012239700
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The Covid-19 pandemic : theoretical and practical perspectives on children, women and sex trafficking
Asongu, Simplice; Usman, Usman M. - 2020
We provide theoretical and practical perspectives on children, women, and sex trafficking during the Covid-19 pandemic. Process tracing is employed as a primary research instrument. It is an analytical technique used for either theory-building or theory-testing purposes that is employed to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012308548
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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
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Mathematical modelling for infectious viral disease : the Covid-19 perspective
Adekola, Hafeez A.; Adekunle, Ibrahim A.; Egberongbe, … - 2020
In this study, we examined various forms of mathematical models that are relevant for the containment, risk analysis and features of COVID-19. Greater emphasis was laid on the extension of the Susceptible-Infectious-Recovered (SIR) models for policy relevance in the time of COVID-19. These...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012251941