Purpose: This study investigates the role of financial access in moderating the effect of governance on insurance consumption in 42 sub-Saharan African countries using data for the period 2004–2014. Design/methodology/approach: Two life insurance indicators are used, notably: life insurance...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between tourism and social media from a cross section of 138 countries with data for the year 2012. Design/methodology/approach: The empirical evidence is based on Ordinary Least Squares, Negative Binomial and Quantile...

Purpose: This study aims to focus on assessing how improving openness influences carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Design/methodology/approach: This study focusses on 49 countries in SSA for the period 2000–2018 divided into: 44 countries in SSA for the period...

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to assess the nexus between governance and renewable energy consumption in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Design/methodology/approach: The focus is on 44 countries in SSA with data from 1996 to 2016. The empirical evidence is based on Tobit regressions....

Purpose: This paper aims to examine the short- and long-run relationship between electricity consumption and economic growth. Design/methodology/approach: The study uses a panel-based autoregressive distributed lag approach to cointegration to investigate this relationship in 12 advanced,...

Purpose: This paper aims to assess whether official development assistance (ODA) or foreign aid has been effective in reducing extreme poverty; test whether the type and source of aid matter; and examine whether political or economic freedom enhances aid effectiveness in developing countries....

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to assess the importance of credit access in modulating governance for gender-inclusive education in 42 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa with data spanning the period 2004–2014. Design/methodology/approach: The generalized method of moments is used as...