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Institutions and Poverty: A Critical Comment Based on Evolving Currents and Debates
Asongu, Simplice A.; Kodila-Tedika, Oasis - 2014
Tebaldi & Mohan (2010, JDS) have established an empirical nexus between institutions and monetary poverty. We first … underlying study that institutions could have an indirect effect on multidimensional poverty. In other words, the poverty … eradication effect of institutions is through income-average as opposed to income-inequality. We discuss the confirmed findings in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390893
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An Empirical Note on Tribalism and Government Effectiveness
Kodila-Tedika, Oasis; Asongu, Simplice A. - 2015
This study assesses the relationship between tribalism (the tribalism index) and government effectiveness (per the World Bank) in 65 countries using cross-sectional data averages from 2000-2010. This study finds that countries with high-tribal populations generally enjoy bad governance in terms...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390909
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Women in Power and Power of Women: the Liberian Experience
Kodila-Tedika, Oasis; Asongu, Simplice A. - 2015
Do women really improve conditions for gender equality after becoming heads of states? This study investigates if having a woman at the helm of country's decision making processes leads to better indicators on women conditions. Using time series observations for the period 2000-2011, we test the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390919
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On the Empirics of Institutions and Quality of Growth: Evidence for Developing Countries
Asongu, Simplice A.; Kodila-Tedika, Oasis - 2015
We explore a newly available dataset on quality of growth to investigate the effect of institutions on growth quality … in 93 developing countries for the period 1990 to 2011. Quality of institutions is measured in term of political risk … established. First, institutions are positively related to the quality of growth. Second, institutions have significantly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390938
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Tribalism and Government Effectiveness
Asongu, Simplice; Kodila-Tedika, Oasis - 2016
This study assesses the relationship between tribalism (the tribalism index) and government effectiveness (per the World Bank) in 60 countries using cross-sectional data. This study finds that countries with high tribal populations generally enjoy bad governance in terms of government...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011596388
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Alcohol and corruption
Kodila-Tedika, Oasis; Kanyama, Isaac Kalonda; … - In: Journal of advanced research in law and economics : JARLE 4 (2013) 2, pp. 149-152
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010530908
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On the empirics of institutions and quality of growth : evidence for developing countries
Asongu, Simplice A.; Kodila-Tedika, Oasis - 2015
We explore a newly available dataset on quality of growth to investigate the effect of institutions on growth quality … in 93 developing countries for the period 1990 to 2011. Quality of institutions is measured in term of political risk … established. First, institutions are positively related to the quality of growth. Second, institutions have significantly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011407924
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An empirical note on tribalism and government effectiveness
Kodila-Tedika, Oasis; Asongu, Simplice A. - 2015
This study assesses the relationship between tribalism (the tribalism index) and government effectiveness (per the World Bank) in 65 countries using cross-sectional data averages from 2000-2010. This study finds that countries with high-tribal populations generally enjoy bad governance in terms...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011408488
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Women in power and power of women : the Liberian experience
Kodila-Tedika, Oasis; Asongu, Simplice A. - 2015
Do women really improve conditions for gender equality after becoming heads of states? This study investigates if having a woman at the helm of country's decision making processes leads to better indicators on women conditions. Using time series observations for the period 2000-2011, we test the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011408493
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Institutions and poverty : a critical comment based on evolving currents and debates
Asongu, Simplice A.; Kodila-Tedika, Oasis - 2014
Tebaldi & Mohan (2010, JDS) have established an empirical nexus between institutions and monetary poverty. We first … underlying study that institutions could have an indirect effect on multidimensional poverty. In other words, the poverty … eradication effect of institutions is through income-average as opposed to income-inequality. We discuss the confirmed findings in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409163