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Energy poverty, environmental degradation and agricultural productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa
Dimnwobi, Stephen Kelechi; Okere, Kingsley Ikechukwu; … - 2022
Agricultural productivity remains pivotal to the sustenance of the economies and livelihoods of Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA … understanding the link among energy poverty, environmental degradation and agricultural productivity in 35 SSA nations in particular … principal component analysis, agricultural value added as a share of GDP served as a measure of agricultural productivity and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013468198
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Renewable energy, trade performance and the conditional role of finance and institutional capacity of sub-Sahara African countries
Akinyemi, Opeyemi; Efobi, Uchenna Rapuluchukwu; Asongu, … - 2019
-Saharan Africa (SSA), while considering the conditioning role of corruption control, regulatory quality, and the private sector …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012019788
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The journey towards dollarization : the role of the tourism industry
Raheem, Ibrahim Dolapo; Ajide, Kazeem Bello - 2021
There has been an increasing wave of globalization since the turn of the millennium. This study focuses on two by-products of globalization: dollarization and tourism. Empirical studies have ignored the possible relationship between dollarization and tourism. However, we hypothesize that a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012424538
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Coup d'état and access to electricity in sub-Saharan Africa
Zogo, Therese E.; Mbassi, Christophe Martial; Asongu, … - 2024
This paper assesses the effects of coups on access to electricity in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The study covers a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015057636
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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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Determinants of property rights protection in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Kodila-Tedika, Oasis - 2016
emphasis on history, geography and institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa. The empirical evidence is based on a sample of 47 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011548650
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Mobile phone penetration, mobile banking and inclusive development in Africa
Asongu, Simplice A.; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2016
The study assesses the role of mobile phones and mobile banking in decreasing inequality in 52 African countries. The empirical procedure involves first, examining the income-redistributive effect of mobile phone penetration and then investigating the contribution of mobile banking services in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011496397
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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
in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). More specifically, we investigate the complementary role of knowledge diffusion in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011478775
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On the effect of state fragility on corruption
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2014
The Kodila-Tedika & Bolito-Losembe (2014, ADR) finding on no evidence of causality flowing from State fragility to classical corruption or extreme corruption could have an important influence on academic and policy debates. Using updated data (1996-2010) from 53 African countries, we provide...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409094
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Mobile banking and mobile phone penetration : which is more pro-poor in Africa?
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2013
The contribution of this paper to complement theoretical and qualitative mobile penetration literature with empirical evidence is twofold: firstly, we assess the income-redistributive effect of mobile phone penetration and; secondly, the instrumentality of financial development dynamics in this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409902