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Diaspora Remittance Inflow, Financial Development and the Industrialisation of Africa
Efobi, Uchenna; Asongu, Simplice; Okafor, Chinelo; … - 2016
The paper assesses how remittances directly and indirectly affect industrialisation in a panel of 49 African countries … industrialisation. The non-interactive specification elucidates direct effects of remittances on industrialisation whereas interactive … specifications explain indirect impacts. The findings broadly show that for certain initial levels of industrialisation, remittances …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011596373
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Remittances, finance and industrialisation in Africa
Efobi, Uchenna Rapuluchukwu; Asongu, Simplice; Okafor, … - 2019
The paper assesses how remittances directly and indirectly affect industrialisation us ing a panel of 49 African … industrialisation. The non-interactive specification elucidates direct effects of remittances on industrialisation whereas interactive … specifications explain indirect impacts. The findings broadly show that for certain initial levels of industrialisation, remittances …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012112148
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Linkages between financial development, financial instability, financial liberalisation and economic growth in Africa
Batuo, Enowbi; Mlambo, Kupukile; Asongu, Simplice - 2017
In the aftermath of the 2008 global financial crisis, the implications of financial liberalisation for stability and economic growth has come under increased scrutiny. One strand of literature posits a positive relationship between financial liberalisation and economic growth and development....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011784888
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The conditional influence of poverty, inequality and severity of poverty on economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Eita, Joel Hinaunye - 2023
Poverty and inequality represent major policy syndromes that are relevant in the achievement of most United Nations … attendant SDGs. The present study extends existing literature by assessing the conditional influence of poverty, income … inequality and severity of poverty on economic growth. The focus is on 42 countries in sub-Saharan Africa with data from 1980 to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014549258
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The Comparative African Regional Economics of Globalization in Financial Allocation Efficiency
Asongu, Simplice; Tchamyou, Vanessa - 2015
The study assesses the role of globalization-fuelled regionalization policies on financial allocation efficiency in four economic and monetary regions in Africa for the period 1980 to 2008. Banking system and financial system efficiencies are used as dependent variables whereas seven bundled and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011596326
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Information sharing and conditional financial development in Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Anyanwu, John; Tchamyou, Vanessa - 2016
This study examines conditional financial development from information sharing in 53 African countries for the period 2004-2011, using contemporary and non-contemporary quantile regressions (QR) which enable the assessment of the effect of information sharing throughout the conditional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011596337
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Financial Development and Geographic Isolation: Global Evidence
Kodila-Tedika, Oasis; Asongu, Simplice; Cinyabuguma, … - 2016
Using cross-country differences in the degree of isolation before the advent of technologies in sea and air transportation, we assess the relationship between geographic isolation and financial development across the globe. We find that pre-historic geographical isolation has been beneficial to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011596350
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Mobile Phone Penetration, Mobile Banking and Inclusive Development in Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2016
compared to mobile phone penetration. Poverty alleviation channels explaining this difference in inequality mitigating …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011596357
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Financial access and productivity dynamics in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice - 2019
The purpose of this study is to investigate whether enhancing financial access influences productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa. The research focuses on 25 countries in the region with data for the period 1980-2014. The adopted empirical strategy is the Generalised Method of Moments. The credit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012112220
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Unravelling the mysteries of underdevelopment in Africa
Achuo, Elvis Dze; Nchofoung, Tii Njivukuh; Asongu, Simplice - 2021
Achieving sustainable development has been the dream of every society across the globe especially sequel to the dawn of the industrial revolution. Thus, understanding the fundamental determinants of the socio-politico-economic development of every economy is of prime importance for investors,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012801039