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Mining and economic development: Did China's WTO accession affect African local economic development?
Addison, Tony; Boly, Amadou; Mveyange, Anthony - 2016
This paper investigates China's influence on local economic development in 37 African countries between 1997 and 2007. We compare the average changes in economic growth, migration, spatial inequality, and welfare of mineral-rich districts, both prior and after China's WTO Accession, to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653953
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Optimal Public Investment in Resource-Rich Low-Income Countries
Algozhina, Aliya - 2020
accumulating public capital and its associated public investment path in a perfect foresight general equilibrium model. The model …. Public investment is inefficient and has its absorptive capacity constraint costs. External savings clear the government … be capital-intensive with its FDI shock. Based on calibration for African countries, the study finds that the front …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014547722
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The conditional relationship between renewable energy and environmental quality in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Iheonu, Chimere Okechukwu; Odo, … - 2019
This paper complements existing literature by assessing the conditional relationship between renewable energy and environmental quality in a sample of 40 African countries for the period 2002 to 2017. The empirical evidence is based on fixed effects regressions and quantile fixed effects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012389128
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Dynamic heterogeneous analysis of pollution reduction in SANEM countries: Lessons from the energy-investment interaction
Mesagan, Peter Ekundayo; Ajide, Kazeem Bello - 2021
This scientific enquiry examines the role of capital investment in the energy-pollution model in SANEM countries. The … positively impacts CO2pollution in Nigeria, Egypt, and the panel, in the long-run. Again, investment exerts a positive effect on … CO2 in South Africa and Algeria, whereas it is negative in Nigeria, Egypt, and Morocco. Capital investment also expands …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013330028
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Public savings in Africa: Do sovereign wealth funds serve development?
Addison, Tony; Lebdioui, Amir - 2022
stabilization, productive investment, intergenerational saving) and discusses alternatives. We argue that fiscal stabilization funds …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014322650
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Export restrictions on raw materials : experience with alternative policies in Botswana
Korinek, Jane - 2014
Demand for non-renewable natural resources is forecast to rise steadily over the coming decades. Underlying trends of long-term rising demand and falling supply of mineral resources will inevitably increase pressure on prices and intensify competition for scarce resources. This can create a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010234007
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Escaping the Curse of Oil? The Case of Gabon
Soderling, Ludvig - 2006
This paper studies the prospects for sustainable growth and economic development in Gabon in the face of a severe decline in its main source of income and growth i.e. oil. A simple Computable General Equilibrium model is used to simulate the development of the non-oil economy under various...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012782813
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The Conditional Relationship between Renewable Energy and Environmental Quality in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice - 2019
This paper complements existing literature by assessing the conditional relationship between renewable energy and environmental quality in a sample of 40 African countries for the period 2002 to 2017. The empirical evidence is based on fixed effects regressions and quantile fixed effects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012860880
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Responsible Business Under Adverse Conditions : Dilemmas Regarding Company Contributions to Local Development
Kolk, Ans - 2018
While literature on companies' contributions to local development exists, little is known about the specific dilemmas encountered on the ground when operating under adverse conditions, and how transparency can be improved. Companies typically need to navigate through a complex web of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012923546
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Dynamic heterogeneous analysis of pollution reduction in SANEM countries : lessons from the energy-investment interaction
Mesagan, Peter Ekundayo; Ajide, Kazeem Bello; Xuan Vinh Vo - 2021
This scientific enquiry examines the role of capital investment in the energy-pollution model in SANEM countries. The … positively impacts CO2pollution in Nigeria, Egypt, and the panel, in the long-run. Again, investment exerts a positive effect on … CO2 in South Africa and Algeria, whereas it is negative in Nigeria, Egypt, and Morocco. Capital investment also expands …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012815578