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African Women Vulnerability index (AWVI) : focus on rural women
Tchamyou, Vanessa; Diop, Samba; Asongu, Simplice - 2021
In this paper, we develop a new index labelled the African Women Vulnerability index (AWVI) with a focus on rural women using the Round 7 Afrobarometer Survey. The AWVI comprises 59 indicators in six dimensions namely: safety, empowerment, health, education, economic prosperity and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012799879
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African Women Vulnerability Index : focus on rural women
Tchamyou, Vanessa; Diop, Samba; Asongu, Simplice; … - 2023
In this paper, we develop a new index labelled the African Women Vulnerability Index (AWVI) with a focus on rural women using Round 7 of the Afrobarometer Survey. The AWVI comprises 59 indicators in six dimensions namely: safety, empowerment, health, education, economic prosperity and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013473199
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Women in Power and Power of Women : The Liberian Experience
Kodila-Tedika, Oasis - 2017
Do women really improve conditions for gender equality after becoming heads of states? This study investigates if …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012971512
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Economic sectors and globalization channels to gender economic inclusion in sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2023
This study complements the extant literature by assessing economic sector and globalization channels for gender … gender employment in the industry and the negative effect is driven by the financial globalization sub-component of economic …-components positively affect gender employment in the service sector and the corresponding positive effect is driven by the trade …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014265910
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Inequality and the economic participation of women in Sub-Saharan Africa : an empirical investigation
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2019
indicators of gender inclusion are also employed, namely: female employment and female unemployment rates. The empirical analysis …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012010175
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Inequality and gender inclusion : minimum ICT policy thresholds for promoting female employment in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2019
fixed broadband subscriptions. Three gender economic inclusion indicators are also used for the analysis, namely: female … in order to enhance gender economic participation. First, for female labour force participation, a minimum threshold of … favourable effects on gender economic inclusion dynamics. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012111583
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Inequality and Gender Inclusion : Minimum ICT Policy Thresholds for Promoting Female Employment in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice - 2020
fixed broadband subscriptions. Three gender economic inclusion indicators are also used for the analysis, namely: female … in order to enhance gender economic participation. First, for female labour force participation, a minimum threshold of … make economic sense and can be feasibly implemented by policy makers in order to induce favourable effects on gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012847196
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The role of inclusive education in governance for inclusive economic participation : gender evidence from sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2021
This study investigates the relevance of inclusive education in moderating the effect of good governance on female economic inclusion in sub-Saharan Africa. First, inclusive tertiary education modulates: (i) government effectiveness to induce a positive net effect on female labour force...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012799898
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Gender inclusive intermediary education, financial stability and female employment in the industry in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Nounamo, Yann; Ndieupa, Henri Njangang; … - 2021
The study examines how financial stability modulates the effect of inclusive intermediary education on female employment in the industry for the period 2008-2018 in Sub-Saharan Africa. The empirical evidence is based on Tobit, Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) and Quantile regressions. There are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012431620
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Inequality and gender inclusion : minimum ICT policy thresholds for promoting female employment in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - In: Telecommunications policy : the international journal … 44 (2020) 4, pp. 1-14
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