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African Development: Beyond Income Convergence
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2012
indicators could support both endogenous and neoclassical growth theories in the convergence debate. This paper investigates … convergence in real per capita GDP and inequality adjusted human development in 38 African countries, disaggregated into 10 … is that the income component of the human development index moves slower than others in the convergence process and thus …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390790
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African development : beyond income convergence
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2012
indicators could support both endogenous and neoclassical growth theories in the convergence debate. This paper investigates … convergence in real per capita GDP and inequality adjusted human development in 38 African countries, disaggregated into 10 … is that the income component of the human development index moves slower than others in the convergence process and thus …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410273
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Fighting software piracy: which governance tools matter in Africa?
Asongu, Simplice A.; Andrés, Antonio R. - 2012
This article integrates previously missing components of government quality into the governance-piracy nexus in exploring governance mechanisms by which global obligations for the treatment of IPRs are effectively transmitted from international to the national level in the battle against piracy....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390804
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Revolution empirics: predicting the Arab Spring
Asongu, Simplice A.; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2014
The paper examines whether the Arab Spring phenomenon was predictable by complete elimination in the dispersion of core demands for better governance, more jobs and stable consumer prices. A methodological innovation of the Generalized Methods of Moments is employed to assess the feasibility and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390889
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The Impact of Software Piracy on Inclusive Human Development: Evidence from Africa
Asongu, Simplice A.; Andrés, Antonio Rodríguez - 2014
This paper examines two dimensions of the software piracy-development nexus to complement existing formal literature. It empirically assesses the incidence of piracy on the Human Development Index (HDI) and its constituents and then the instrumentality of Intellectual Property Right (IPR)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390895
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Fighting software piracy: Which governance tools matter in Africa?
Andrés, Antonio R.; Asongu, Simplice A. - 2012
This article integrates previously missing components of government quality into the governance-piracy nexus in exploring governance mechanisms by which global obligations for the treatment of IPRs are effectively transmitted from international to the national level in the battle against piracy....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326930
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Fighting software piracy : which governance tools matter in Africa?
Andrés, Antonio R.; Asongu, Simplice A. - 2012
This article integrates previously missing components of government quality into the governance-piracy nexus in exploring governance mechanisms by which global obligations for the treatment of IPRs are effectively transmitted from international to the national level in the battle against piracy....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009670384
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The impact of software piracy on inclusive human development : evidence from Africa
Asongu, Simplice A.; Andrés, Antonio R. - 2014
This paper examines two dimensions of the software piracy-development nexus to complement existing formal literature. It empirically assesses the incidence of piracy on the Human Development Index (HDI) and its constituents and then the instrumentality of Intellectual Property Right (IPR)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409149
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Revolution empirics : predicting the Arab Spring
Asongu, Simplice A.; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2014
The paper examines whether the Arab Spring phenomenon was predictable by complete elimination in the dispersion of core demands for better governance, more jobs and stable consumer prices. A methodological innovation of the Generalized Methods of Moments is employed to assess the feasibility and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409159
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Fighting software piracy : which governance tools matter in Africa?
Asongu, Simplice A.; Andrés, Antonio R. - 2012
This article integrates previously missing components of government quality into the governance-piracy nexus in exploring governance mechanisms by which global obligations for the treatment of IPRs are effectively transmitted from international to the national level in the battle against piracy....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410076