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Promoting environmental sustainability in Africa: Evidence from governance synergy

Traoré, Awa; Ndour, Cheikh T.; Asongu, Simplice - 2023

composite governance indicator has a negative effect on CO2 emissions. Moreover, urbanization, economic growth, trade and …

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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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Promoting environmental sustainability in Africa : evidence from governance synergy

Traoré, Awa; Ndour, Cheikh T.; Asongu, Simplice - 2023

composite governance indicator has a negative effect on CO2 emissions. Moreover, urbanization, economic growth, trade and …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013473186

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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Transfer mispricing as an argument for corporate social responsibility

Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2016

This article presents a case for transfer mispricing as an argument for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). The argument builds on the position that in order to compensate for potential loss of brand image and reputation, Multinational Companies (MNCs) would be more socially responsible when...

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Rational asymmetric development : transfer mispricing and sub-Saharan Africa's extreme poverty tragedy

Asongu, Simplice - In: Economics and political implications of international …, (pp. 282-302). 2016

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The Comparative Exploration of Mobile Money Services in Inclusive Development

Asongu, Simplice - 2017

Purpose - We respond to some challenges in the transition to Sustainable Development Goals by examining the correlations between mobile and inclusive development (quality of growth, poverty and inequality) in 93 developing countries for the year 2011.Design/methodology/approach - Mobile money...

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Understanding Sub-Saharan Africa's Extreme Poverty Tragedy

Asongu, Simplice - 2019

Motivated by a recent World Bank report on achieving of Millennium Development Goals which shows that poverty has been declining in all regions of the world with the exception of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), this study puts some empirical structure to theoretical and qualitative studies on the...

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Institutions and Poverty : A Critical Comment Based on Evolving Currents and Debates

Asongu, Simplice - 2018

Tebaldi & Mohan (2010, JDS) have established an empirical nexus between institutions and monetary poverty. We first, reflect their findings in light of recent development models, debates and currents in post-2010 literature. We then re-examine their results with a non-monetary and...

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Is Poverty in the African DNA (Gene)?

Asongu, Simplice - 2017

A 2015 World Bank report on attainment of Millennium Development Goals concludes that the number of extremely poor has dropped substantially in all regions with the exception of Sub-Saharan Africa. We assess if poverty is in the African gene by revisiting the findings of Ashraf and Galor (2013,...

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