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Inequality, Finance and Pro-Poor Investment in Africa

Asongu, Simplice - 2016

This study complements existing literature by investigating how investment-driven finance affects inequality in Africa … development for the post-2015 sustainable development agenda. Notably, in the current transition from Millennium Development Goals …

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State Fragility, Rent Seeking and Lobbying : Evidence from African Data

Asongu, Simplice - 2016

This paper assesses the determinants of state fragility in sub-Saharan Africa using hitherto unexplored variables in …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013005955

Globalization and Inclusive Human Development in Africa

Asongu, Simplice - 2017

levels of inclusive development. The main economic implication is that in the post-2015 development agenda, countries would …

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The Comparative Inclusive Human Development of Globalisation in Africa

Asongu, Simplice - 2017

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...

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Linkages between Formal Institutions, ICT Adoption and Inclusive Human Development in Sub Saharan Africa

Andrés, Antonio - 2017

Using data for 49 African countries over the years spanning 2000-2012, and controlling for a wide range of factors, this study empirically assesses the effects of formal institutions on ICT adoption in developing countries. It deploys 2SLS and FE regression models, (a) to estimate what...

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Foreign Aid and Inclusive Development : Updated Evidence from Africa, 2005-2012

Asongu, Simplice - 2017

Motivated by the April 2015 World Bank Publication on MDGs which reveals that poverty has been declining in all regions … implications are discussed in the light of the post-2015 development agenda. We also provide some recommendations for a rethinking …

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Information Asymmetry and Financial Development Dynamics in Africa

Asongu, Simplice - 2017

We examine policy thresholds of information sharing for financial development in 53 African countries for the period 2004-2011. Public credit registries (PCR) and private credit bureaus (PCB) are used as proxies for reducing information asymmetry whereas financial development includes all...

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The Comparative Economics of Knowledge Economy in Africa : Policy Benchmarks, Syndromes and Implications

Asongu, Simplice - 2017

The paper complements the scarce literature on knowledge economy (KE) in Africa by comparing KE dynamics within Africa …

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The Impact of Software Piracy on Inclusive Human Development : Evidence from Africa

Asongu, Simplice - 2017

The study examines the effect of software piracy on inclusive human development in 11 African countries for which software piracy data is available for the period 2000-2010. The empirical evidence is based on instrumental variable panel Fixed Effects (FE) and Tobit models in order to control for...

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Knowledge Economy Gaps, Policy Syndromes and Catch-Up Strategies : Fresh South Korean Lessons to Africa

Asongu, Simplice - 2017

Africa's overall knowledge index fell between 2000 and 2009. South Korea's economic miracle is largely due to a … knowledge economies. Using updated data (1996-2010), this paper presents fresh South Korean lessons to Africa by assessing the … syndromes and compelling catch-up strategies are discussed. Issues standing on the way to KE in Africa are dissected with great …

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