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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 …

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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 …

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Diaspora remittance inflow, financial development and the industrialisation of Africa

Efobi, Uchenna Rapuluchukwu; Asongu, Simplice; Okafor, … - 2016

The paper assesses how remittances directly and indirectly affect industrialisation in a panel of 49 African countries for the period 1980-2014. The indirect impact is assessed through financial development channels. The empirical evidence is based on three interactive and non-interactive...

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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...

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Remittances, finance and industrialisation in Africa

Efobi, Uchenna Rapuluchukwu; Asongu, Simplice; Okafor, … - 2019

The paper assesses how remittances directly and indirectly affect industrialisation us ing a panel of 49 African countries for the period 1980-2014. The indirect impact is assessed through financial development channels. The empirical evidence is based on three interactive and non-interactive...

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Remittances, the diffusion of information and industrialisation in Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2019

This study examines the role of information and communication technology (ICT) on remittances for industrialisation in a panel of 49 African countries for the period 1980-2014. The empirical evidence is based on three simultaneity-robust estimation techniques, namely: (i) Instrumental Fixed...

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Governance, capital flight and industrialisation in Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - In: Journal of economic structures : JES; the official … 8 (2019) 36, pp. 1-22

The study examines the role of governance in modulating the effect of capital flight on industrialisation in Africa. The empirical evidence is based on Generalised Method of Moments and governance is bundled by principal component analysis, namely (i) political governance from political...

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Governance, capital flight and industrialisation in Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2019

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Financing sustainable development in Africa

Efobi, Uchenna Rapuluchukwu (ed.); Asongu, Simplice (ed.) - 2018

This edited volume provides a critical evaluation of financing options for sustainable development in Africa. While sustainability has long been the watchword for development programs, and while many African countries have taken initiatives to develop integrated frameworks that tackle...

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Patterns and drivers of financial sector growth in the digital age : insights from a study of industrialized economies

Vu, Khuong; Asongu, Simplice - In: Research in international business and finance 66 (2023), pp. 1-19

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