This paper investigates the long-run relationship between financial depth, FDI, and economic growth in a sample of 5 FDI-receiving NACs over the period 1980-2018. Standard growth models are estimated using both fixed-effects and random-effects models. In addition panel unit root and panel,...

This study investigates the effect of financial development on economic performance in Sudan over the period (1970- 2007) by using the Auto-regressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) approach to co-integration. The main empirical findings indicate a weak relationship between financial development and...

The paper investigates the way institutions along with other economic variables may affect the development process of a country. Our analysis focuses on Sudan, a Sub-Saharan African country which like many developing countries experienced vast changes in its economic and institutional...

The paper examines the nexus between economic growth, energy consumption, and carbon dioxide emission (CO2) in Oman from 1980 to 2018. The study uses ARDL bounds, Johansen Cointegration and the Granger-causality tests. The bound test as well as the Johansen Cointegration test both reveals the...

The paper provides an overview of the key challenges, which face GCC countries in their efforts to attain sustainable growth and development. Their capacity to diversify the economy outside the energy sector, youth unemployment and labor market imbalances represent good examples for these...