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Information technology, inequality and adult literacy in developing countries
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M.; Rahman, Mushfiqur - 2023
The study assesses linkages between information technology, inequality and adult literacy in 57 developing countries … for the period 2012-2016. Income inequality is measured with the Gini coefficient while six dynamics of information … access in schools unconditionally promote adult literacy. The corresponding inequality threshold that should not be exceeded …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014549368
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Information technology, inequality and adult literacy in developing countries
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M.; Rahman, Mushfiqur - 2023
The study assesses linkages between information technology, inequality and adult literacy in 57 developing countries … for the period 2012-2016. Income inequality is measured with the Gini coefficient while six dynamics of information … access in schools unconditionally promote adult literacy. The corresponding inequality threshold that should not be exceeded …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014233350
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Inclusive human development in pre-crisis times of globalisation-driven debts
Asongu, Simplice; EFOBI, Uchenna; BEECROFT, Ibukun - African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) - 2014
inequality in OECD nations. We assess the effects of four debt dynamics on inequality adjusted human development. Instrumental …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011098705
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Inequality, Finance and Pro-Poor Investment in Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Tchamyou, Vanessa - 2015
This study complements existing literature by investigating how investment-driven finance affects inequality in Africa …-2002). Inequality is measured with estimated household income inequality whereas financial development is proxied with financial depth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011596325
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The Comparative Inclusive Human Development of Globalisation in Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2016
This study examines the impact of globalisation on inclusive human development in 51 African countries for the period 1996-2011 with particular emphasis on income levels (low income versus middle income), legal origins (English common law versus French civil law), resource wealth (oil-rich...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011596374
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On the Relationship between Globalisation and the Economic Participation of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Efobi, Uchenna R.; Tanankem, Belmondo V. - 2017
This study assesses the relationship between globalisation and the economic participation of women (EPW) in 47 Sub-Saharan African countries for the period 1990-2013. Two indicators are used to measure EPW, namely, the: female labour force participation and employment rates. The empirical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011596390
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Inclusive human development in pre-crisis times of globalisation-driven debts
Asongu, Simplice; Efobi, Uchenna; Beecroft, Ibukun - 2014
inequality in OECD nations. We assess the effects of four debt dynamics on inequality adjusted human development. Instrumental …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011310232
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Inclusive human development in pre-crisis times of globalisation-driven debts
Asongu, Simplice; EFOBI, Uchenna; BEECROFT, Ibukun - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
inequality in OECD nations. We assess the effects of four debt dynamics on inequality adjusted human development. Instrumental …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011264818
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Globalisation and female economic participation in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Efobi, Uchenna Rapuluchukwu; … - 2019
This study assesses the relationship between globalisation and the economic participation of women (EPW) in 47 Sub-Saharan African countries for the period 1990-2013. EPW is measured with the female labour force participation and employment rates. The empirical evidence is based on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012112138
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Revisiting the finance-inequality nexus in a panel of African countries
Meniago, Christelle; Asongu, Simplice - 2018
The study assesses the role of financial development on income inequality in a panel of 48 African countries for the …, three indicators of inequality are used, namely, the: Gini coefficient, Atkinson index and Palma ratio. The empirical … hypothesis: a humped shaped nexus between increasing GDP per capita and inequality. Policy implications are discussed. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011956962