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Globalization and Africa: implications for human development
Asongu, Asongu Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2012
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess the effects of trade and financial globalization on human development … variables are exogenous to the endogenous components of explaining variables (globalization dynamic channels) conditional on … alternative globalization indicators; (2) endogeneity based estimation; (3) adoption of two interchangeable sets of instruments …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010696003
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Globalization, (fighting) corruption and development: how are these phenomena linearly and nonlinearly related in wealth effects?
Asongu, Asongu Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2012
Purpose – Is globalization instrumental in fighting corruption? Do wealth effects matter in this fight? Are findings … standpoints. In the analysis, while the economic and social dimensions of globalization are reflected in the HDI, the political … dimension is captured by good governance indicators. A TSLS-IV estimation technique is applied where-in globalization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010696010
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Inequality, poverty and quality of institutions: which freedom channels of globalization matter for Africa?
Asongu, Asongu Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2013
Are formal institutions instrumental in the effect globalization mechanisms have on the human face? If so, through … some channels of globalization on poverty (and inequality), formal institutions have the capacity to device policies that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010695997
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How do financial reforms affect inequality through financial sector competition? Evidence from Africa
Asongu, Asongu Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2013
In the first empirical study on how financial reforms have been instrumental in mitigating inequality through financial sector competition, we contribute at the same time to the macroeconomic literature on measuring financial development and respond to the growing field of economic development...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010693290
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Investment and Inequality in Africa: which financial channels are good for the poor?
Asongu, Asongu Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2011
This paper examines how domestic, foreign, private and public investments affect income-inequality through financial intermediary dynamics. With the exception of financial allocation efficiency, financial channels of depth and activity are good for the poor as they diminish estimated household...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010693294
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Finance and Inequality: Exploring Pro-Poor Investment Channels in Africa
Asongu, Asongu Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2011
Hitherto very few studies on the inequality-finance(investment) nexus have focused on the African continent owing to lack of relevant data. This paper integrates previously missing investment and financial components in the assessment of how finance affects pro-poor investment channels. Findings...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010693302
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New financial development indicators: with a critical contribution to inequality empirics
Asongu, Asongu Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2013
The employment of financial development indicators without due consideration to country/regional specific financial development realities remains an issue of substantial policy relevance. Financial depth in the perspective of money supply is not equal to liquid liabilities in every development...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010775520
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How has politico-economic liberalization affected financial allocation efficiency? Fresh African evidence
Asongu, Asongu Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2013
financial efficiency in Africa. It uses updated data to appraise second generation reforms in order to gather fresh evidence and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010693287
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The Impact of Liberalisation Policies on Inequality in Africa
Asongu, Asongu Simplice; Batuo, Michael E. - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2012
Despite over three decades of Liberalisation policies in Africa, income-inequality has stayed persistently high. Using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010695992
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Fresh Patterns of Liberalization, Bank Return and Return Uncertainty in Africa
Asongu, Asongu Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2014
This chapter complements exiting African liberalization literature by providing fresh patterns of two main areas. First, it assesses whether African banking institutions have benefited from liberalization policies in terms of bank returns. Second, it models bank return and return uncertainty in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010862083