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The effects of remittances on output per worker in Sub-Saharan Africa : a production function approach
Ssozi, John; Asongu, Simplice A. - 2014
increased total factor productivity, but are still inversely related to factor inputs among the lower-middle-income nations of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409201
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Doing business and inclusive human development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2018
Purpose - This study examines how doing business affects inclusive human development in 48 sub-Saharan Africa for the period 2000-2012. Design/methodology/approach - The measurement of inclusive human development encompasses both absolute pro-poor and relative pro-poor concepts of inclusive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011998203
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A synthetic indicator of the quality of support for businesses in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, and Ghana
Kouam, Jean C.; Asongu, Simplice; Bin, Joachem Meh; … - 2022
This paper proposes a synthetic indicator of the quality of support for companies as well as identifies the factors that can contribute towards improving the quality of such support in three countries (i.e., Burkina-Faso, Cameroon, and Ghana). The approach used to construct this synthetic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013332210
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Duration of support and financial health of business support structures in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, and Ghana : a micro-econometric analysis
Kouam, Jean C.; Asongu, Simplice; Bin, Joachem Meh; … - 2022
Access to finance is perceived as one of the major problems facing businesses in Sub-Saharan Africa, as well as the structures that support them in their development. This paper aims to measure the probability that a support structure with given characteristics, specific services to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013332211
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The role of value added across economic sectors in modulating the effects of FDI on TFP and economic growth dynamics
Asongu, Simplice; Meniago, Christelle; Salahodjaev, Raufhon - 2021
This study investigates: (i) the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on total factor productivity (TFP) and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012798944
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Knowledge-driven economic growth : the case of Sub-Saharan Africa
Oluwatobi, Stephen; Olurinola, Isaiah Oluranti; Alege, … - 2018
The experience of South Korea, India, China and Singapore reveals that developing economies can fasttrack development, leapfrog the stages of development and catch up with advanced economies by putting knowledge capital as the driver of development. If the knowledge economy is therefore a n...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011998200
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Mobile phones in the diffusion of knowledge and persistence in inclusive human development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2016
The success of inclusive development strategies in the post-2015 sustainable development agenda depends substantially on the adoption of common inclusive development policies among nations. Building on the relevance of a knowledge economy in the post-2015 development agenda, this study models...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011478775
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The comparative economics of catch-up in output per worker, total factor productivity and technological gain in Sub-Saharan Africa
Ssozi, John; Asongu, Simplice A. - 2015
After investigating the effect of external financial flows on total factor productivity and technological gain, we use … the beta catch-up and sigma convergence to compare dispersions in output per worker, total factor productivity and … openness, foreign aid, remittances and total factor productivity. However, when foreign direct investment is interacted with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011407943
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Basic formal education quality, information technology and inclusive human development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2018
This study assesses the relevance of basic formal education in information technology for inclusive human development in 49 countries in sub-Saharan Africa for the period 2000-2012. The question it aims to answer is the following: what is the relevance of basic formal education in the effect of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011998646
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The effects of mobile phone technology, knowledge creation and diffusion on inclusive human development in sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice - 2020
This paper examines the joint effects of mobile phone technology, knowledge creation and diffusion on inclusive human development in 49 sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. The empirical evidence is based on Tobit regressions for the period 2000-2012. The net effects of interactions between the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012228906