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Development in Africa
Pelizzo, Riccardo; Kinyondo, Abel; Nwokora, Zim - 2018
The purpose of the chapter is to analyze Africa's economic successes in the past half century, to understand not only what made it possible but also and more importantly what risk factors may eventually bring it to an end or compromise it. While it may not be possible for Africa to alter, for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011794986
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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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Inclusive human development in pre-crisis times of globalisation-driven debts
Asongu, Simplice A.; Efobi, Uchenna Rapuluchukwu; … - 2014
The paper verifies the Azzimonti et al. (2014) conclusions on a sample of 53 African countries for the period 1996-2008. Authors of the underlying study have established theoretical underpinnings for a negative nexus between rising public debt and inequality in OECD nations. We assess the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011312446
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Globalization in lifelong gender inclusive education for structural transformation in Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Bouanza, Jean R. F. K.; … - 2024
The present study examines the relevance of globalization in lifelong gender inclusive education for structural …, secondary and tertiary inclusive education stages. Total globalization and corresponding components (social, economic and … (i.e., interpersonal, informational and cultural) globalization are also employed for robustness purposes. The hypotheses …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014514159
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Recent advances in finance for inclusive development : a survey
Asongu, Simplice A.; Moor, Lieven de - 2015
The policy debate has been shifting from the finance-growth nexus to the finance-inequality relationship. In the transition from Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), there has been an urgent policy challenge of putting some structure on recent advances in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011408920
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Recent finance advances in information technology for inclusive development : a systematic review
Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2018
The overarching question tackled in this paper is: to what degree has financial development contributed to providing opportunities of human development for those on low-incomes and by what information technology mechanisms? We systematically review about 180 recently published papers to provide...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011998250
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Recent finance advances in information technology for inclusive development : a survey
Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2017
The overarching question tackled in this paper is: to what degree has financial development contributed to providing opportunities of human development for those on low-incomes and by what information technology mechanisms? We survey about 180 recently published papers to provide recent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011638882
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Political instability and political terror : global evidence on persistence
Asongu, Simplice; Uduji, Joseph I.; Okolo-Obasi, Elda N. - 2020
We test the hypotheses that fundamental characteristics in regional proximity, landlockedness, religious-domination, legal origin, and income levels affect cross-country differences in the persistence in political terror and political instability in 163 countries for the period 2010 to 2015. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012181789
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Historical prevalence of infectious diseases and gender equality in 122 countries
Messono, Omang Ombolo; Asongu, Simplice; Tchamyou, Vanessa - 2022
This study examines the effects of the historical prevalence of infectious diseases on contemporary gender equality. Previous studies reveal the persistence of the effects of historical diseases on innovation, through the channel of culture. Drawing on the Parasite-Stress Theory, we propose a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013193681
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Globalization, financial crisis and contagion : time-dynamic evidence from financial markets of developing countries
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2011
about the merits of financial globalization and its implications for growth especially in developing countries. This paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410546