Emerging Asian countries with Francophone Africa constitute the most important part of the population of the developing world. The partnership reflects their similar view and potential for economic cooperation which has wider implications. This paper demonstrates that South-south cooperation...

This paper will examine seasonal effect anomalies in emerging stock markets using monthly returns in a number of emerging stock markets from Africa and Asia. In addition, the paper will try to report an explanation for this phenomenon in case that it occurs. This study utilizes methodologies...

This paper examines the efficiency in pricing securities as well as the relation between exchange rate and dynamics of equity returns in a number of emerging stock markets from Africa and Asia,. This study utilizes methodologies based on Single variance ratio test of Lo and Mackinlay (1988),...

This paper examines the efficiency in pricing securities as well as the relation between exchange rate and dynamics of equity returns in a number of emerging stock markets from Africa and Asia,. This study utilizes methodologies based on Single variance ratio test of Lo and Mackinlay (1988),...

This study compares Africa’s developmental crises with those of Asian ’Tigers’ success economic story, and how it can serve as a lesson for Africa, still trudging on development. The work observes, contrary to all pretenses that Africa, in spite of her much publicized theoretical ambition...