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Foreign aid complementarities and inclusive human development in Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2019
boosting inclusive human development in Africa. (a) When 'aid to social infrastructure' is moderated with other aid types …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012112136
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Taxation, foreign aid and political governance in Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2019
, legal origins, natural resources and landlockedness. While the hypothesis is invalid in baseline Africa, low income and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012112137
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Boosting quality education with inclusive human development: Empirical evidence from sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2019
This study examines the importance of inclusive human development in promoting education quality in a panel of forty-nine Sub-Saharan African countries for the period 2000-2012. The empirical evidence is based on Ordinary Least Squares (OLS), Fixed Effects (FE) and Quantile Regression (QR)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012112140
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The mobile phone, information sharing and financial sector development in Africa: A quantile regressions approach
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2019
This study investigates linkages between the mobile phone, information sharing offices (ISO) and financial sector development in 53 African countries for the period 2004-2011. ISO are private credit bureaus and public credit registries. The empirical evidence is based on contemporary and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012112141
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Governance, CO 2 emissions and Inclusive Human Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2019
This study investigates the relevance of government quality in moderating the incidence of environmental degradation on inclusive human development in 44 sub-Saharan African countries for the period 2000-2012. Environmental degradation is measured with CO2 emissions and the governance dynamics...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012112146
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Economic development thresholds for a green economy in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2019
This study investigates how increasing economic development affects the green economy in terms of CO2 emissions, using data from 44 countries in the SSA for the period 2000-2012. The Generalised Method of Moments (GMM) is used for the empirical analysis. The following main findings are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012112147
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Doing business and inclusive human development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2018
Purpose - This study examines how doing business affects inclusive human development in 48 sub-Saharan Africa for the … reasons: (i) Exclusive development is a critical policy syndrome in Africa because about 50% of countries in the continent did … Africa is primarily driven by large extractive industries and with the population of the continent expected to double in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012112161
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Governance and social media in African countries: An empirical investigation
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2018
This study assesses linkages between social media and governance dynamics in 49 African countries for the year 2012. The empirical evidence is based on ordinary least squares and quantile regressions. Ten bundled and unbundled governance dynamics are used, notably: (i) polit ical governance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012112169
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Challenges of doing business in Africa: A systematic review
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2018
This paper provides a systematic review of challenges to doing business in Africa. It complements the extant literature …; and what are the challeng es to doing business in Africa? In providing answers to the se questions, the nexus between the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012112177
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ICT, financial access and gender inclusion in the formal economic sector: Evidence from Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2018
The study investigates the relevance of information and communication technology (ICT) in modulating the effect of financial access on female economic participation. Female economic participation is proxied by female labor force participation, financial access is measured with deposit and credit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012112178