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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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Inequality thresholds, governance and gender economic inclusion in sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - In: International review of applied economics 34 (2020) 1, pp. 94-114
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012182372
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Globalization in lifelong gender inclusive education for structural transformation in Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Bouanza, Jean R. F. K.; … - 2024
The present study examines the relevance of globalization in lifelong gender inclusive education for structural … moments (GMM) is employed to assess the problem statement within the remit of interactive regressions. Gender inclusive … lifelong learning is measured as gender inclusive education acquired during the three levels of education, notably: primary …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014514159
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Governance, inequality and inclusive education in sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Diop, Samba; Addis, Amsalu K. - In: Forum for social economics 52 (2023) 1, pp. 43-68
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014235146
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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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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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Industrial growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from machine learning with insights from nightlight satellite images
Otchia, Christian S.; Asongu, Simplice - 2019
This study uses nightlight time data and machine learning techniques to predict industrial development in Africa. The results provide the first evidence on how machine learning techniques and nightlight data can be used to predict economic development in places where subnational data are missing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012112214
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014278138
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Industrial growth in Sub-Saharan Africa : evidence from machine learning with insights from nightlight satellite images
Otchia, Christian Samen; Asongu, Simplice - 2019
This study uses nightlight time data and machine learning techniques to predict industrial development in Africa. The results provide the first evidence on how machine learning techniques and nightlight data can be used to predict economic development in places where subnational data are missing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012052994
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013380603