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A Comparative Study of Export Processing Zones in the Wake of Sustainable Development Goals : Cases of Botswana, Kenya, Tanzania and Zimbabwe
Adu-Gyamfi, Richard - 2020
The objective of this research is to assess the extent to which export processing zones in Botswana, Kenya, Tanzania … programmes. We found that firms in Kenya and Zimbabwe have a higher number of male than female employees, while zones in Tanzania …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012833431
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The Long Run Stability of Money in the Proposed East African Monetary Union
Asongu, Simplice - 2020
. Specifically, the results show that the demand for money is stable in the cases of Burundi, Rwanda and Tanzania based on the CUSUM … shock, Kenya will restore its long run equilibrium fastest, followed by Tanzania and Burundi …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012831622
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A comparative study of export processing zones in the wake of sustainable development goals : cases of Botswana, Kenya, Tanzania and Zimbabwe
Adu-Gyamfi, Richard; Asongu, Simplice; Mmusi, Tinaye S.; … - 2020
The objective of this research is to assess the extent to which export processing zones in Botswana, Kenya, Tanzania … programmes. We found that firms in Kenya and Zimbabwe have a higher number of male than female employees, while zones in Tanzania …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012219659
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A comparative study of export processing zones in the wake of the Sustainable Development Goals : the cases of Botswana, Kenya, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe
Adu-Gyamfi, Richard; Asongu, Simplice; Mmusi, Tinaye Sonto - 2020
The objective of this research is to assess the extent to which export processing zones in Botswana, Kenya, Tanzania … programmes. We found that firms in Kenya and Zimbabwe have a higher number of male than female employees, while zones in Tanzania …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012219735
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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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REER imbalances and macroeconomic adjustments in the Proposed West African Monetary Union
Asongu, Simplice - In: The South African journal of economics 82 (2014) 2, pp. 276-289
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010502203
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Real Effective Exchange Rate Imbalances and Macroeconomic Adjustments : Evidence from the CEMAC Zone
Asongu, Simplice - 2014
We assess the behavior of real effective exchange rates (REERs) of members of the CEMAC zone with respect to their long-term equilibrium paths. A reduced form of the fundamental equilibrium exchange rate (FEER) model is estimated and associated misalignments are derived for the period 1980 to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013043660
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REER Imbalances and Macroeconomic Adjustments in the Proposed West African Monetary Union
Asongu, Simplice - 2015
With the spectre of the Euro crisis hunting embryonic monetary unions, we use a dynamic model of a small open economy to analyze REERs imbalances and examine whether the movements in the aggregate real exchange rates are consistent with the underlying macroeconomic fundamentals in the proposed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013032550
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Covid-19 economic vulnerability and resilience indexes : global evidence
Diop, Samba; Asongu, Simplice; Nnanna, Joseph - 2020
The study complements the extant literature by constructing Covid-19 economic vulnerability and resilience indexes using a global sample of 150 countries which are categorized into four principal regions, namely: Africa, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East, America and Europe. Seven variables are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012294987