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The Comparative Inclusive Human Development of Globalisation in Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2016
This study examines the impact of globalisation on inclusive human development in 51 African countries for the period 1996-2011 with particular emphasis on income levels (low income versus middle income), legal origins (English common law versus French civil law), resource wealth (oil-rich...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011596374
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On the Relationship between Globalisation and the Economic Participation of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Efobi, Uchenna R.; Tanankem, Belmondo V. - 2017
This study assesses the relationship between globalisation and the economic participation of women (EPW) in 47 Sub-Saharan African countries for the period 1990-2013. Two indicators are used to measure EPW, namely, the: female labour force participation and employment rates. The empirical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011596390
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Globalisation and female economic participation in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Efobi, Uchenna Rapuluchukwu; … - 2019
This study assesses the relationship between globalisation and the economic participation of women (EPW) in 47 Sub-Saharan African countries for the period 1990-2013. EPW is measured with the female labour force participation and employment rates. The empirical evidence is based on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012112138
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Does CSR contribute to the development of rural young people in cultural tourism of sub-Saharan Africa? Evidence from the Niger Delta in Nigeria
Uduji, Joseph I.; Okolo-Obasi, Elda N.; Asongu, Simplice - 2018
Handicrafts are key cultural products consumed in the Nigeria's tourism industry. Owing to low entry barriers, as handicrafts require a low level of capital investment, there is potential to develop viable linkages between tourism and local handicrafts sectors that create economic opportunities...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011956971
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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 … inequality and severity of poverty on economic growth. The focus is on 42 countries in sub-Saharan Africa with data from 1980 to … 2019. The Gini index is used to measure income inequality. Poverty is measured in terms of the poverty headcount ratio …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014549258
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Mobile money innovations, income inequality and gender inclusion in sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Agyemang-Mintah, Peter; Nnanna, Joseph; … - 2023
The study assesses the role of mobile money innovations on income inequality and gender inclusion in 42 Sub …. First, income inequality unconditionally reduces the involvement of women in business and politics. Second, mobile money … innovations interact with income inequality to have a positive impact on women in business and politics. Third, net effects from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014549316
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The role of mobile money innovations in transforming unemployed women to self-employed women in sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Le Roux, Sara - 2023
The study examines how mobile money innovations transform unemployed women to self-employed women. The empirical evidence is based on interactive quantile regressions focusing on data in 44 countries from sub-Saharan Africa for the period 2004 to 2018. The hypothesis that mobile money...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014549401
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The comparative inclusive human development of globalisation in Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2016
This study examines the impact of globalisation on inclusive human development in 51 African countries for the period 1996-2011 with particular emphasis on income levels (low income versus middle income), legal origins (English common law versus French civil law), resource wealth (oil-rich...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011542429
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On the relationship between globalisation and the economic participation of women in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Efobi, Uchenna Rapuluchukwu; … - 2017
This study assesses the relationship between globalisation and the economic participation of women (EPW) in 47 Sub-Saharan African countries for the period 1990-2013. Two indicators are used to measure EPW, namely, the: female labour force participation and employment rates. The empirical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011587443
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Does CSR contribute to the development of rural young people in cultural tourism of sub-Saharan Africa? : evidence from the Niger Delta in Nigeria
Uduji, Joseph I.; Okolo-Obasi, Elda N.; Asongu, Simplice - 2018
Handicrafts are key cultural products consumed in the Nigeria’s tourism industry. Owing to low entry barriers, as handicrafts require a low level of capital investment, there is potential to develop viable linkages between tourism and local handicrafts sectors that create economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011879035