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Fighting terrorism in Africa when existing terrorism levels matter

Asongu, Simplice; Tchamyou, Vanessa; Asongu, Ndemaze; … - 2019

inclusive human development and military expenditure further fuel terrorim. Second, political stability negatively affects … terrorism with a negative threshold effect. Political stability estimates are consistently significant with increasing negative …

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Enhancing Governance for Environmental Sustainability in Sub-Saharan Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas - 2019

governance dynamics are used notably: (i) political governance (consisting of political stability and “voice & accountability …

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Fighting terrorism in Africa: complementarity between inclusive development, military expenditure and political stability

Asongu, Simplice; Le Roux, Sara; Singh, Pritam - 2020

This study examines complementarities between inclusive development, military expenditure and political stability in … study are inclusive development, military expenditure and political stability. The empirical evidence is based on … stability as a complement of inclusive development than to use inclusive development as a complement of political stability …

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The role of Globalization in Modulating the Effect of Environmental Degradation on Inclusive Human Development

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas - 2020

This study assesses how globalisation modulates the effect of environmental degradation on inclusive human development in 44 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), using data for the period 2000 to 2012. The empirical results are based on the Generalized Method of Moments (GMM). The following...

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What really drives economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa? Evidence from the lasso regularization and inferential techniques

Ofori, Isaac Kwesi; Obeng, Camara Kwasi; Asongu, Simplice - 2022

The question of what really drives economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has been debated for many decades now. However, there is still a lack of clarity on variables crucial for driving growth as prior contributions have been executed at the backdrop of preferential selection of...

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Globalisation, technology and global health

Shobande, Olatunji Abdul; Ogbeifun, Lawrence; Asongu, … - 2022

This study explored whether globalisation and technology are harmful to health for a global panel dataset of 52 countries for the period of 1990-2019. The study focused on four continents: Africa, the Americas, Asia/Oceania, and Europe. We used four advanced econometric methodologies, which...

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Searching for sustainable footprints: Does ICT increase CO₂ emissions?

Shobande, Olatunji Abdul; Asongu, Simplice - 2022

Generally, the revolutionary idea behind using information and communication technology (ICT) has improved potential productivity in many industries, particularly in Africa. ICT is an essential tool in the oil and gas industry and plays a complementary role in technological dynamics and...

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Thresholds of external flows in financial development for environmental sustainability in sub-Saharan Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Mensah, Barbara D.; Ngoungou, Judith - 2022

The study complements extant literature by assessing linkages between financial development, external flows and CO2 emissions in 27 sub-Saharan African countries for the period 2002 to 2018. The empirical evidence is based on interactive quantile regressions and external flows consist of...

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Promoting environmental sustainability in Africa: Evidence from governance synergy

Traoré, Awa; Ndour, Cheikh T.; Asongu, Simplice - 2023

(political stability/ no violence and 'voice & accountability'), economic governance (government effectiveness and regulatory …

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Information Technology, Gender Economic Inclusion and Environment Sustainability in Sub-Sahara Africa

Ndour, Cheikh T.; Asongu, Simplice - 2024

Purpose - This study examines the relevance of information and communication technologies in the effect of gender economic inclusion on environmental sustainability. Design/methodology/approach - The focus is on a panel of 42 sub-Saharan African countries over the period 2005-2020. The empirical...

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