This paper examines the dynamic relationship between education, governance and economic growth in 28 sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries from 2002 to 2018 using the generalized method of moments (GMM) approach. The study first examines the effect of education on economic growth and, thereafter,...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the validity of the purchasing power parity (PPP) hypothesis for two Southern African countries, namely: Lesotho and Zambia. Design/methodology/approach The authors utilized four econometric tests to examine the existence of the PPP hypothesis in...

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 – The paper seeks to examine the inter‐temporal causal relationship between financial development and poverty reduction in Kenya during the period 1968‐2006. The study attempts to answer one critical question: is financial development in Kenya a spur to poverty reduction?...

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...

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...