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Default in a government-sponsored agricultural loan programme in South-Eastern Nigeria

Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - In: International journal of social economics 40 (2013) 10, pp. 898-922

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Interest rates, target markets and sustainability in microfinance

Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - In: Oxford development studies 42 (2014) 1, pp. 86-110

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Foreign Aid and Governance in Africa

Asongu, Simplice A.; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2014

that development assistance deteriorates economic (regulation quality and government effectiveness) and institutional …

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Foreign aid volatility and lifelong learning: demand-side empirics to a textual literature

Asongu, Simplice A.; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2015

development through lifelong learning and knowledge economy as a competitive advantage. This may also explain why countries which …

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Fighting Terrorism: Empirics on Policy Harmonization

Asongu, Simplice A.; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2015

This paper models the feasibility of common policy initiatives against global terrorism, as well as timelines for their enforcement. The empirical evidence is based on 78 developing countries for the period 1984-2008. Employed terrorism dynamics are domestic, transnational, unclear and total...

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The incremental effect of education on corruption: evidence of synergy from lifelong learning

Asongu, Simplice A.; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2015

Education as a tool in the fight against corruption has been subject to much debate in academic and policy making circles. This note extends what we know on this nexus in a threefold manner: namely, in terms of: incremental, lifelong learning and synergy effects. Four main findings are...

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Foreign aid instability and bundled governance dynamics in Africa

Simplice, Asongu; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2015

Purpose- With the recent financial crisis and reduction of foreign aid by donor countries, the aid-institutions debate is shifting to how aid instability affects governance in developing countries. We engage the policy debate by assessing the role of foreign aid instability on governance...

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Foreign Aid and Inclusive Development: Updated Evidence from Africa, 2005-2012

Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2015

dynamics on inequality adjusted human development. Contemporary and non-contemporary OLS, Fixed-effects and a system GMM … implications are discussed in the light of the post-2015 development agenda. We also provide some recommendations for a rethinking … of theories and models on which development assistance is based. …

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Political Regimes and Stock Market Performance in Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2016

levels of financial market development compared to their counterparts with autocratic inclinations. As a policy implication … quality of public offices that favour stock market development on the African continent. …

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Law, Politics and the Quality of Government in Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2016

This paper examines interconnections between law, politics and the quality of government in Africa. We investigate whether African democracies enjoy relatively better government quality compared to their counterparts with more autocratic inclinations. The empirical evidence is based on...

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