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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011523123
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China's Strategies in Economic Diplomacy : A Survey of Updated Lessons for Africa, the West and China
Asongu, Simplice - 2015
fronts. This is increasingly evident because China's economic diplomacy has been politely and strategically coined to achieve … just that. A case study is used here to articulate the currents of the survey. The paper puts some structure on China …'s economic diplomatic strategies and discusses lessons for Africa, China and the West. It contributes to existing literature by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013027303
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Bridging Africa's income inequality gap : how relevant is China's outward FDI to Africa?
Ofori, Isaac Kwesi; Dossou, Toyo A. M.; Asongu, Simplice; … - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012799903
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012058464
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A survey on the Washington Consensus and the Beijing Model : reconciling development perspectives
Asongu, Simplice; Acha-Anyi, Paul N. - In: International review of economics : journal of civil economy 67 (2020) 2, pp. 111-129
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012320326
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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; … - In: Economic systems 47 (2023) 1, pp. 1-20
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014305347
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012487026
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012799928
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Institutional Benchmarking of Foreign Aid Effectiveness in Africa
Asongu, Simplice - 2015
This paper integrates two main strands of the aid-development nexus in assessing whether institutional thresholds matter in the effectiveness of foreign aid on institutional development in 53 African countries over the period 1996-2010. Eight government quality indicators are employed: rule of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013032578
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Globalization (fighting), corruption and development : how are these phenomena linearly and nonlinearly related in wealth effects?
Asongu, Simplice - In: Journal of economic studies 41 (2014) 3, pp. 346-369
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011338487