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Asongu, Simplice - 2018

, conceptual and empirical contributions which address relevant areas that enhance extant knowledge on linkages between poverty …

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Thresholds of income inequality that mitigate the role of gender inclusive education in promoting gender economic inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2019

This study provides thresholds of inequality that should not be exceeded if gender inclusive education is to enhance gender inclusive formal economic participation in sub-Saharan Africa. The empirical evidence is based on the Generalised Method of Moments and data from 42 countries during the...

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Understanding sub-Saharan Africa's extreme poverty tragedy

Asongu, Simplice; Le Roux, Sara - 2018

Motivated by a recent World Bank report on achieving of Millennium Development Goals which shows that poverty has been …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011822290

Bribing to escape poverty in Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Diop, Samba - 2022

This study assesses the nexus between bribery and poverty, contingent on the macroeconomic environment within the remit … regression. The results reveal that while poverty has a positive effect on the spread of bribery, inflation can mitigate the … words, the attendant results indicate that the impact of poverty on bribery becomes negative when inflation increases. The …

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Mobile phones in the diffusion of knowledge and persistence in inclusive human development in Sub-Saharan Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2016

The success of inclusive development strategies in the post-2015 sustainable development agenda depends substantially on the adoption of common inclusive development policies among nations. Building on the relevance of a knowledge economy in the post-2015 development agenda, this study models...

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Inclusive Human Development in Sub-Saharan Africa

Asongu, Simplice - 2020

This study assesses the role of income levels (low and middle) in modulating governance (political and economic) to influence inclusive human development. The empirical evidence is based on interactive quantile regressions and forty-nine countries in sub-Saharan Africa for the period...

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The Comparative Exploration of Mobile Money Services in Inclusive Development

Asongu, Simplice - 2017

correlations between mobile and inclusive development (quality of growth, poverty and inequality) in 93 developing countries for … send/receive money is negatively associated with poverty in Asia and Pacific (AP) and Central and Eastern Europe (CEE …

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How Enhancing Information and Communication Technology Has Affected Inequality in Africa for Sustainable Development : An Empirical Investigation

Asongu, Simplice - 2019

This study examines if enhancing ICT reduces inequality in 48 countries in Africa for the period 2004-2014. Three inequality indictors are used, namely, the: Gini coefficient, Atkinson index and Palma ratio. The adopted ICT indicators include: mobile phone penetration, internet penetration and...

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Basic Formal Education Quality, Information Technology and Inclusive Human Development in Sub-Saharan Africa

Asongu, Simplice - 2019

This study assesses the relevance of basic formal education in information technology for inclusive human development in 49 countries in sub-Saharan Africa for the period 2000-2012. The question it aims to answer is the following: what is the relevance of basic formal education in the effect of...

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Enhancing ICT for female economic participation in sub-Saharan Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2022

This study investigates how enhancing information and communication technology (ICT) affects female economic participation in sub-Saharan African nations. Three female economic participation indicators are used, namely female labor force participation, female unemployment and female employment...

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