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The impact of software piracy on inclusive human development : evidence from Africa
Asongu, Simplice A.; Andrés, Antonio R. - 2014
This paper examines two dimensions of the software piracy-development nexus to complement existing formal literature. It empirically assesses the incidence of piracy on the Human Development Index (HDI) and its constituents and then the instrumentality of Intellectual Property Right (IPR)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409149
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Fighting software piracy : which governance tools matter in Africa?
Asongu, Simplice A.; Andrés, Antonio R. - 2012
This article integrates previously missing components of government quality into the governance-piracy nexus in exploring governance mechanisms by which global obligations for the treatment of IPRs are effectively transmitted from international to the national level in the battle against piracy....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410076
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The impact of software piracy on inclusive human development : evidence from Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Andrés, Antonio R. - 2015
The study examines the effect of software piracy on inclusive human development in 11 African countries for which software piracy data is available for the period 2000-2010. The empirical evidence is based on instrumental variable panel Fixed Effects (FE) and Tobit models in order to control for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011596561
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The non-linear effects of fixed broadband on economic growth in Africa
Kouam, Jean C.; Asongu, Simplice - 2022
. Otherwise, providing a good quality internet connection for the benefit of the population would not produce the expected effects …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013259486
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Inequality, ICT and financial access in Africa
Tchamyou, Vanessa S.; Erreygers, Guido; Cassimon, Danny - 2018
This study investigates the role of information and communication technology (ICT) on income inequality through financial development dynamics of depth (money supply and liquid liabilities), efficiency (at banking and financial system levels), activity (from banking and financial system...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011998776
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The role of ICT in modulating the effect of education and lifelong learning on income inequality and economic growth in Africa
Tchamyou, Vanessa; Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2019
the generalised method of moments (GMM). The following findings are established. First, mobile phone and internet each …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012060740
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Foreign direct investment, information technology and economic growth dynamics in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2019
phone penetration and internet penetration. The empirical evidence is based on the Generalised Method of Moments. The study … finds that both internet penetration and mobile phone penetration overwhelmingly modulate FDI to induce overall positive net … effects on all three economic growth dynamics. Moreover, the positive net effects are consistently more apparent in internet …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012025644
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The relevance of an optimal policy mix in the CEMAC zone
Kouam, Jean C.; Asongu, Simplice - 2022
The study analyses the nature of the nexus between budget deficit and economic growth given inflation trends. It focuses on data from the six CEMAC countries for the period 2000 to 2021. The employs unit root tests and the generalized method of moments (GMM) for the empirical evidence. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013468206
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Welfare spending and quality of growth in developing countries : evidence from hopefuls, contenders and best performers
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2015
The transition from the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has shifted the policy debate from growth to 'quality of growth' (QG). The April 2015 World Bank publication on MDGs extreme poverty targets has revealed that poverty has been decreasing in all...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011408491
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Knowledge economy gaps, policy syndromes and catch-up strategies : fresh South Korean lessons to Africa
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2014
Africa's overall knowledge index fell between 2000 and 2009. South Korea's economic miracle is largely due to a knowledge-based development strategy that holds valuable lessons for African countries in their current pursuit towards knowledge economies. Using updated data (1996-2010), this paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409247