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The Criticality of Growth, Urbanization, Electricity and Fossil Fuel Consumption to Environment Sustainability in Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Agboola, Mary; Alola, Andrew; Bekun, … - 2020
growth, urbanization, electricity consumption, fossil fuel energy consumption, and total natural resources rent on pollutant … ARDL-PMG results suggest a statistical positive relationship between pollutant emissions and urbanization, electricity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014102609
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Sustainable urbanization and vulnerability to climate change in Africa : accounting for digitalization and institutional quality
Yeyouomo, Aurelien Kamden; Asongu, Simplice - 2023
This study empirically examines the effect of sustainable urbanization on vulnerability to climate change over a sample … that sustainable urbanization reduces vulnerability to climate change. The results of the indirect analysis also show that … sustainable urbanization significantly reduces vulnerability to climate change through the channels of digitalization and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014335581
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Aid, terrorism, and foreign direct investment : empirical insight conditioned on corruption control
Efobi, Uchenna Rapuluchukwu; Asongu, Simplice; … - In: International economic journal 32 (2018) 4, pp. 610-630
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The impact of e-wallet on informal farm entrepreneurship development in rural Nigeria
Uduji, Joseph I.; Okolo-Obasi, Elda N.; Asongu, Simplice - 2018
Transforming agriculture from a largely subsistence enterprise to a profitable commercial venture is both a prerequisite and a driving force for accelerated development and sustainable growth in su b - Saharan Africa. The objective of this investigation is to assess the impact of the Federal...
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Comparative determinants of quality of growth in developing countries
Asongu, Simplice; Asongu, Ndemaze - In: International journal of happiness and development 4 (2018) 1, pp. 65-89
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The determinants of interest rates in microfinance : age, scale and organisational charter
Nwachukwu, Jacinta C.; Aziz, Aqsa; Tony-Okeke, Uchenna; … - 2018
This study compares the responsiveness of microcredit interest rates to age, scale of lending and organisational charter. It uses an unbalanced panel of 300 MFIs from 107 developing countries from 2005 to 2015. Three key trends emerge from the results of a 2SLS regression. First, the adoption of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011817165
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The determinants of interest rates in microfinance : age, scale and organizational charter
Nwachukwu, Jacinta C.; Aziz, Aqsa; Tony-Okeke, Uchenna; … - In: Review of development economics : an essential resource … 22 (2018) 3, pp. e135-e159
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011971928
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The Determinants of Interest Rates in Microfinance : Age, Scale and Organisational Charter
Nwachukwu, Jacinta - 2018
This study compares the responsiveness of microcredit interest rates to age, scale of lending and organisational charter. It uses an unbalanced panel of 300 MFIs from 107 developing countries from 2005 to 2015. Three key trends emerge from the results of a 2SLS regression. First, the adoption of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012925540
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Backwardness advantage and economic growth in the information age : a cross-country empirical study
Vu, Khuong; Asongu, Simplice - 2020
This paper seeks to gain insights into whether developing countries benefit more from the backwardness advantage for economic growth in the Information Age. The paper examines this concern through three complementary approaches. First, it derives theoretical grounds from the existing economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012251917
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Information technology and sustainability in developing countries : an introduction
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2022
The purpose of this special issue is to contribute to the growing body of literature on the externalities of information technology within the specific remit of the relationship between information technology and sustainability outcomes in developing countries, not least because of the sparse...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013193685