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Trust institutions, perceptions of economic performance and the mitigating role of political diversity

Diop, Samba; Asongu, Simplice - 2022

positive relationship between trust institutions and national economic performance in Africa. Using Round 7 data of … Afrobarometer in over 1000 districts in 34 countries, we find that trust institutions positively and significantly affect economic …

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The Shadow of the Neolithic Revolution on Life Expectancy : A Double-Edged Sword

Franck, Raphaël; Galor, Oded; Moav, Omer; Özak, Ömer - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

This research explores the persistent effect of the Neolithic Revolution on the evolution of life expectancy in the course of human history. It advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically that the onset of the Neolithic Revolution and the associated rise in infectious diseases triggered...

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The comparative economics of globalisation and governance in Sub-Saharan Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2022

This study investigates the effect of globalisation on governance in 40 Sub-Saharan African countries for the period 2000-2019, with particular emphasis on income levels (low income versus middle income), legal origins (English common law versus French civil law), landlockedness (landlocked...

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The health burden of e-waste : the impact of e-waste dumping sites on child mortality

Lovo, Stefania; Rawlings, Samantha B. - 2022

This paper examines the effect of e-waste dumping sites on early child health. We focus on two major dumping sites in West Africa, in Ghana and Nigeria. We observe children born before and after the creation of these dumps, and estimate a difference-in-difference specification in which we...

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The slaughter of the bison and reversal of fortunes on the Great Plains

Feir, Donna; Gillezeau, Rob; Jones, Maggie - 2022

evidence that this historical shock altered the dynamic path of development for formerly bison-reliant nations. We demonstrate …

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Measuring consumption over the phone : evidence from a survey experiment in urban Ethiopia

Abate, Gashaw Tadesse; De Brauw, Alan; Hirvonen, Kalle; … - 2022

The paucity of reliable, timely household consumption data in many low- and middleincome countries has made it difficult to assess how global poverty has evolved during the COVID-19 pandemic. Standard poverty measurement requires collecting household consumption data, which is rarely done by...

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Tourism management synergies in Sub-Saharan Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Rahman, Mushfiqur; Adu-Gyamfi, Richard; … - 2022

modulate the incidence of some macroeconomic factors (i.e. domestic investment and trade openness) on tourism development. The … in modulating domestic investment for tourism development in terms of tourism receipts. It follows that, for the sampled … countries, promoting tourism development can be most effective if policies for enhancing domestic investment and promoting the …

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Evolution of inequality in Nigeria : a tale of falling inequality, rising poverty and regional heterogeneity

Odozi, John Chiwuzulum; Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - 2022

Recent research on Nigeria indicates declining income inequality. In contrast, anecdotal evidence suggests that only the upper class has benefited from economic growth in Nigeria over time. The disconnect between these findings and anecdotal evidence, and the limitation in how inequality was...

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Macroeconomic policy and development in India : some analytical issues

Sen, Partha - 2022

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The Belt and Road Initiative : economic causes and effects

Sjöholm, Fredrik - 2022

Chinese investment abroad has grown significantly in connection with the Belt and Road Initiative. This article tries to answer two questions: first, what considerations gave birth to the BRI? And second, what are the project's economic effects in terms of capital flows and international trade?...

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