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Sino-African relations : some solutions and strategies to the policy syndromes
Asongu, Simplice A.; Ssozi, John - 2015
We survey about 110 recently published studies on Sino-African relations; put some structure on the documented issues before suggesting some solutions and strategies to the identified policy syndromes. The documented issues classified into eight main strands include, China: targeting nations...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011408500
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The economic consequences of China-Africa relations : debunking myths in the debate
Asongu, Simplice A.; Aminkeng, Gilbert A. A. - 2013
This study dissects with great acuteness some of the big questions on China-Africa relations in order to debunk burgeoning myths surrounding the nexus. It reviews a wealth of recent literature and presents the debate in three schools of thought. No substantial empirical evidence is found to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409965
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Lessons from a survey of China's economic diplomacy
Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C.; Aminkeng, … - 2018
Today, the West faces a considerable dilemma in their support for the Washington Consensus as a dominant approach for development because the Beijing model has grown to become an unavoidable process which can only be neglected at the cost of standing on the wrong side of economic history. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011817257
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Financial globalisation dynamic thresholds for financial development : evidence from Africa
Asongua, Simplice A.; Moor, Lieven de - 2015
globalisation by providing policy makers with levels of FDI (as percentage of GDP) that are required to start materialising …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011407934
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Linkages between investment flows and financial development : causality evidence from selected African countries
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2012
Purpose - This paper introduces previously missing financial components(efficiency, activity and size) in the assessment of the finance-investment nexus. Design/methodology/approach - VAR models in the perspectives of VECM and short-run Granger causality are employed. Usage of optimally...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410059
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Financial development dynamic thresholds of financial globalization : evidence from Africa
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2012
Purpose - The issue of which financial initial conditions are necessary to materialize the benefits of financial globalization remains open to debate in the literature. In this paper, we try to put some empirical structure on the concept of financial threshold conditions in order to give...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410072
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Financial globalisation uncertainty/instability is good for financial development
Asongu, Simplice A.; Koomson, Isaac; Tchamyou, Vanessa S. - 2015
Purpose - This study assesses the effect of time-dynamic financial globalisation uncertainty on financial development in 53 African countries for the period 2000-2011. Design/methodology/approach - Financial globalisation uncertainty is estimated as time-dynamic to capture business cycle...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410631
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Challenges of doing business in Africa : a systematic review
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2018
This paper provides a systematic review of challenges to doing business in Africa. It complements the extant literature by answering two critical questions: what are the linkages between the ease of doing business and economic development; and what are the challeng es to doing business in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011998520
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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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The openness hypothesis in the context of economic development in Sub-Saharan Africa : the moderating role of trade dynamics on FDI
Asongu, Simplice; Nnanna, Joseph; Acha-Anyi, Paul N. - 2020
modulating the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on economic dynamics of gross domestic product (GDP) growth, real GDP … 2014. First, trade imports modulate FDI to induce net positive effects on GDP growth and GDP per capita. Second, trade … exports moderate FDI to generate overall positive impacts on GDP growth, real GDP and GDP per capita. Implications of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012253503