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Institutions and Poverty : A Critical Comment Based on Evolving Currents and Debates
Asongu, Simplice - 2018
Tebaldi & Mohan (2010, JDS) have established an empirical nexus between institutions and monetary poverty. We first …-examine their results with a non-monetary and multidimensional poverty indicator first published in 2010. Our findings confirm the … underlying study that institutions could have an indirect effect on multidimensional poverty. In other words, the poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012937550
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Institutions and Poverty: A Critical Comment Based on Evolving Currents and Debates
Asongu, Simplice; Kodila-Tedika, Oasis - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2014
Tebaldi & Mohan (2010, JDS) have established an empirical nexus between institutions and monetary poverty. We first …-examine their results with a non-monetary and multidimensional poverty indicator first published in 2010. Our findings confirm the … underlying study that institutions could have an indirect effect on multidimensional poverty. In other words, the poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011118305
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Inequality, Poverty and Quality of Institutions : Which Freedom Channels of Globalization Matter for Africa?
Asongu, Simplice - 2015
some channels of globalization on poverty (and inequality), formal institutions have the capacity to device policies that …Are formal institutions instrumental in the effect globalization mechanisms have on the human face? If so, through … which freedoms channels are poverty and inequality mitigated? With the instrumentality of formal institutions: (1) de jure …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013032568
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Globalization and terror in Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Biekpe, Nicholas - In: International economics : a journal published by CEPII … 156 (2018), pp. 86-97
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012027250
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Globalization and terror in Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Biekpe, Nicholas - 2017
This study examines the role of globalization on terrorism in 51 African countries for the period 1996-2011. Four …. Political globalisation, social globalisation and general globalization positively affect unclear terrorism. Social …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011794973
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The Effects of Remittances on Output per Worker in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Production Function Approach
Ssozi, John; Asongu, Simplice - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2014
This paper uses a production function to examine the channels through which remittances affect output per worker in 31 Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries from 1980-2010. We find that remittances directly increase output per worker if complemented with education. The indirect effects vary with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011103382
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Institutional Governance, Education and Growth
Jellal, Mohamed; Mohamed, Bouzahzah; Asongu, Simplice - 2015
This study articulates the interaction between institutional governance, education and economic growth. Given the current pursuit of education policy reforms and knowledge economy around the world, it is of policy relevance to theoretically analyze the main mechanisms by which the macroeconomic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011596332
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The White Man’s Burden: On the Effect of African Resistance to European Domination
Kodila-Tedika, Oasis; Asongu, Simplice; Cinyabuguma, … - 2016
Are there contemporary development effects of African resistance to European domination? This question is the primary issue addressed by this inquiry. We establish that African resistance has had adverse effects on post-colonial African development and discuss possible channels of such...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011596352
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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/10012872983
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Repackaging FDI for inclusive growth: Nullifying effects and policy relevant thresholds of governance
Ofori, Isaac Kwesi; Asongu, Simplice - 2022
This study examines whether the remarkable inflow of resources in the form of foreign direct investment (FDI) to SSA contributes to inclusive growth in the region. The study further investigates whether SSA's institutional fabric modulates the effect of FDI on inclusive growth in SSA. To this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013330044