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Inclusive development in environmental sustainability in sub-Saharan Africa: Insights from governance mechanisms

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2019

), institutional governance (entailing corruption-control and the rule of law), and general governance (a composite measure of … the relevance of inclusive development in modulating the effects of regulation quality, economic governance and general …

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Globalization and terror in Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Biekpe, Nicholas - 2017

general globalisation variables are employed and the empirical evidence is based on Fixed Effects regressions and Generalised … globalisation and general globalisation increase transnational terrorism. Economic globalisation reduces domestic terrorism …. Political globalisation, social globalisation and general globalization positively affect unclear terrorism. Social …

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Information Technology, Gender Economic Inclusion and Environment Sustainability in Sub-Sahara Africa

Ndour, Cheikh T.; Asongu, Simplice - 2024

provided; (iv) ICT synergy effects are apparent for female unemployment, but not for female employment. In general, the joint …

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Catching the drivers of inclusive growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: An application of machine learning

Ofori, Isaac Kwesi - 2021

A conspicuous lacuna in the literature on Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is the lack of clarity on variables key for driving and predicting inclusive growth. To address this, I train the machine learning algorithms for the Standard lasso, the Minimum Schwarz Bayesian Information Criterion (Minimum...

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Searching for sustainable footprints: Does ICT increase CO2 emissions?

Shobande, Olatunji Abdul; Asongu, Simplice - 2022

Generally, the revolutionary idea behind using information and communication technology (ICT) has improved potential productivity in many industries, particularly in Africa. ICT is an essential tool in the oil and gas industry and plays a complementary role in technological dynamics and...

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Enhancing ICT for Environmental Sustainability in Sub-Saharan Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Le Roux, Sara; Biekpe, Nicholas - 2017

This study examines how increasing ICT penetration in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) can contribute towards environmental sustainability by decreasing CO2 emissions. The empirical evidence is based the Generalised Method of Moments and forty-four countries for the period 2000-2012. ICT is measured...

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Catching The Drivers of Inclusive Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Application of Machine Learning

Ofori, Isaac Kwesi - 2021

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FDI, aid, terrorism : conditional threshold evidence from developing countries

Asongu, Simplice; Efobi, Uchenna Rapuluchukwu; … - 2015

We investigate how foreign aid dampens the effects of terrorism on FDI using interactive quantile regressions. The empirical evidence is based on 78 developing countries for the period 1984-2008. Bilateral and multilateral aid variables are used, while terrorism dynamics entail: domestic,...

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The Role of Globalization in Modulating the Effect of Environmental Degradation on Inclusive Human Development

Asongu, Simplice - 2020

This study assesses how globalisation modulates the effect of environmental degradation on inclusive human development in 44 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), using data for the period 2000 to 2012. The empirical results are based on the Generalized Method of Moments (GMM). The following...

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Mobile Phone Innovation and Environmental Sustainability in Sub-Saharan Africa

Asongu, Simplice - 2017

This study investigates how the mobile phone can complement knowledge diffusion in order to influence CO2 emissions in 44 Sub-Saharan African countries for the period 2000-2012. The empirical evidence is based on Generalised Method of Moments. Three knowledge diffusion variables representing...

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