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A survey on the Washington Consensus and the Beijing Model : reconciling development perspectives

Asongu, Simplice; Acha-Anyi, Paul N. - 2019

State and market failures but failed to provide a unified theory, the former has left the challenging concern of how …-run respectively. While the paper postulates for a unified theory by reconciling the WC and the BM to complement the NSE, it at the … unifying a development theory and to the LIP literature on institutional preferences with stages of development. Hence, the …

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Bridging Africa's income inequality gap : how relevant is China's outward FDI to Africa?

Ofori, Isaac Kwesi; Dossou, Toyo Amegnonna Marcel; … - 2021

In line with the SDG 10 and Aspiration 1 of Africa's Agenda 2063, this study examines whether: (i) the remarkable inflow of Chinese FDI to Africa matters for bridging the continent's marked income inequality gap, (ii) Africa's institutional fabric is effective in propelling Chinese FDI towards...

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Linkages between formal Institutions, ICT adoption and inclusive human development in Sub Saharan Africa

Andrés, Antonio R.; Amavilah, Voxi Heinrich S.; … - 2016

Using data for 49 African countries over the years spanning 2000-2012, and controlling for a wide range of factors, this study empirically assesses the effects of formal institutions on ICT adoption in developing countries. It deploys 2SLS and FE regression models, (a) to estimate what...

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Effects of political institutions on the external debt-economic growth nexus in Africa

Nounamo, Yann; Asongu, Simplice; Ndieupa, Henri Njangang; … - 2021

The main contribution of this study is the determination of an endogenous threshold of institutional quality, beyond which external debt would affect economic growth differently. The focus is on 14 countries of the African Franc zone over the period 1985-2015. Based on the panel Smooth Threshold...

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Interconnections between governance and socioeconomic conditions : understanding Sub-Saharan African challenges

Fagbemi, Fisayo; Nzeribe, Geraldine E.; Osinubi, … - 2021

Given that challenges facing sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries on the issue of socioeconomic development have been identified as critical to strengthening the inherent link between governance and socioeconomic conditions, this study examines the interconnections between governance and SSA...

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Effect of women's political inclusion on the level of infrastructures in Africa

Nchofoung, Tii Njivukuh; Asongu, Simplice; Tchamyou, Vanessa - 2022

The need for gender inclusion was highlighted as the fifth sustainable development goal (SDG) (i.e. SDG5) and policies have been gearing towards attaining this objective and its subsequent effect on macroeconomic outcome. Equally, the demonstrated trend of infrastructures in Africa in terms of...

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Governance, tourism and inclusive growth in Africa

Dossou, Toyo Amegnonna Marcel; Asongu, Simplice; … - 2023

The use of GDP per capita as a measure of economic growth has been recently subject to a wide criticism by many economists. It has been observed that while some countries have experienced economic growth in recent years, income inequality and poverty continue to be exacerbated. Recently, SDG 8...

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Diaspora remittance inflow, financial development and the industrialisation of Africa

Efobi, Uchenna Rapuluchukwu; Asongu, Simplice; Okafor, … - 2016

The paper assesses how remittances directly and indirectly affect industrialisation in a panel of 49 African countries for the period 1980-2014. The indirect impact is assessed through financial development channels. The empirical evidence is based on three interactive and non-interactive...

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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...

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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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