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Middle class in Africa : determinants and consequences

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

This study complements the inclusive growth literature by examining the determinants and consequences of the middle class in a continent where economic growth has been relatively high. The empirical evidence is based on a sample of 33 African countries for a 2010 cross-sectional study. OLS,...

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Addressing the severity and intensity of poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa : how relevant is the ICT and financial development pathway?

Ofori, Isaac Kwesi; Armah, Mark Kojo; Taale, Francis; … - 2021

The study examines the effectiveness of financial development, financial access, and ICT diffusion in reducing the severity and intensity of poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Using data from the World Bank's World Development Indicators, and the Global Consumption and Income Project...

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Inequality and female labour force participation in West Africa

Iheonu, Chimere Okechukwu; Nwodo, Ozoemena S.; … - 2020

This study examined the impact of income inequality on female labour force participation in West Africa for the period … inequality. For robustness, the study also utilises female employment and female unemployment as measures of female labour force … empirical results reveal that the three measures of income inequality significantly reduce the participation of women in the …

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Information technology, inequality and adult literacy in developing countries

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M.; Rahman, Mushfiqur - 2023

The study assesses linkages between information technology, inequality and adult literacy in 57 developing countries … for the period 2012-2016. Income inequality is measured with the Gini coefficient while six dynamics of information … access in schools unconditionally promote adult literacy. The corresponding inequality threshold that should not be exceeded …

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The conditional influence of poverty, inequality and severity of poverty on economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Eita, Joel Hinaunye - 2023

Poverty and inequality represent major policy syndromes that are relevant in the achievement of most United Nations … inequality and severity of poverty on economic growth. The focus is on 42 countries in sub-Saharan Africa with data from 1980 to … 2019. The Gini index is used to measure income inequality. Poverty is measured in terms of the poverty headcount ratio …

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The of role economic growth in modulating mobile connectivity dynamics for financial inclusion in developing countries

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2022

This study establishes economic growth needed for supply-side mobile money drivers in developing countries to be positively related to mobile money innovations in the perspectives of mobile money accounts, the mobile phone used to send money, and the mobile phone used to receive money. The...

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The role of mobile characteristics on mobile money innovations

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2022

This study focuses on linkages between bank accounts and supply-side mobile money drivers for mobile money innovations. It seeks to understand how bank accounts can be complemented with mobile subscription and mobile connectivity dynamics (i.e., mobile connectivity coverage and mobile...

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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...

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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...

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Information technology and sustainability in developing countries : an introduction

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2022

The purpose of this special issue is to contribute to the growing body of literature on the externalities of information technology within the specific remit of the relationship between information technology and sustainability outcomes in developing countries, not least because of the sparse...

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