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The macroeconomic impact of recent political conflicts in Africa: Generalized synthetic counterfactual evidence

Diop, Samba; Asongu, Simplice; Tchamyou, Vanessa - 2021

This paper measures the macroeconomic impact of recent political crisis, protest and uprisings in Africa with the …

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Gender political inclusion and democracy in Africa: Some empirical evidence

Nchofoung, Tii Njivukuh; Asongu, Simplice; Tchamyou, Vanessa - 2022

The objective of this study is to examine the effect of political inclusion on democracy in Africa. The results of the … analyses through the OLS, system GMM, IV-Tobit and IV-2SLS show that gender political inclusion enhances democracy in Africa … stood when controlled for colonisation and internal conflicts. In terms of policy implications, policymakers in Africa …

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Gender political inclusion and inclusive finance in Africa

Nchofoung, Tii Njivukuh; Asongu, Simplice; Tchamyou, Vanessa - 2022

methods show that gender political inclusion is enhancing on financial inclusion in Africa, and this finding is robust across …

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Did Africa's first choices matter? : growth legacies of leaders at independence

Jørgensen, Christina Mangaard; Bjørnskov, Christian - 2015

We explore the potential effects of the first leaders of Sub-Saharan Africa. We first outline a set of theoretical …

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A good turn deserves another : political stability, corruption and corruption-control

Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2015

We build on existing literature and contemporary challenges to African development to assess the role of political stability in fighting corruption and boosting corruption-control in 53 African countries for the period 1996-2010. We postulate that on the one hand, an atmosphere of political...

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Foreign aid volatility and lifelong learning: demand-side empirics to a textual literature

Asongu, Simplice A.; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2015

learning in Africa. Practical implications- As a policy implication, when faced with aid uncertainty, the demand for education …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011408497

On the effect of state fragility on corruption

Asongu, Simplice A. - 2014

The Kodila-Tedika & Bolito-Losembe (2014, ADR) finding on no evidence of causality flowing from State fragility to classical corruption or extreme corruption could have an important influence on academic and policy debates. Using updated data (1996-2010) from 53 African countries, we provide...

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Fighting African conflicts and crimes : which governance tools matter?

Asongu, Simplice A.; Kodila-Tedika, Oasis - 2013

Crimes and conflicts are seriously undermining African development. This article assesses the best governance tools in the fight against the scourges. The following findings are established. (1) Democracy, autocracy and voice & accountability have no significant negative correlations with crime....

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Crime and conflicts in Africa : consequences of corruption?

Asongu, Simplice A.; Kodila-Tedika, Oasis - 2013

in the birth and propagation of conflicts within and across Africa. Policy implications are discussed. …

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Foreign aid, education and lifelong learning in Africa

Asongu, Simplice A.; Tchamyou, Vanessa S. - 2015

This study investigates the effect of foreign aid on education and lifelong learning in 53 African countries for the period 1996-2010. Three main issues are assessed, notably: (i) the effect of aid on education; (ii) the incremental impact of aid on education and (iii) the effect of aid on...

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