Education as a tool in the fight against corruption has been subject to much debate in academic and policy making … learning and synergy effects. Four main findings are established. First, education is a powerful tool in the fight against … corruption. Second, there is evidence of an incremental effect in the transition from secondary to tertiary education. Third …

population-environmental degradation hypothesis for five populous African countries (DR Congo, Ethiopia, Nigeria, South Africa …

between the doctoral education, innovation, technology transfer and development catch-up. Implications for scientific research … transfer. Building on the literature on the key role of a knowledge economy in 21st century development and catch-up processes … policies in the light of contemporary challenges to African development are discussed. …

This paper examines interconnections between law, politics and the quality of government in Africa. We investigate …

development and financial globalisation in the assessment of hypothetical initial financial development conditions for the rewards … that, thresholds for financial development benefits of financial globalisation may also be contingent on initial levels of … financial development. For this purpose, we examine marginal, threshold and net effects of financial globalisation on financial …

Purpose - We investigate if financial development benefits from financial globalisation are questionable until certain … Foreign Direct Investment Inflows as a percentage of GDP (FDIgdp) whereas financial development entails dynamics of depth … globalisation on financial development is negative, there is a positive marginal effect, such that at a certain level of FDIgdp (or …

that development assistance deteriorates economic (regulation quality and government effectiveness) and institutional … influence the election and replacement of political leaders in Africa may have insignificant results. It is time to solve the … paper extends the debate on foreign aid and institutions in Africa in the light a plethora of recent studies in the aid …

Purpose - Education as a weapon in the fight against conflict and violence remains widely debated in policy and … academic circles. Against the background of growing political instability in Africa and the central role of the knowledge … economy in 21st century development, this paper provides three contributions to existing literature. It assesses how political …