This study employs panel analysis to examine the determinants of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS) and Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria, and Turkey (MINT) using data for eleven years i.e. 2001 – 2011. First, it uses pooled time-series cross...

This policy chapter summarises an evolving debate on the effect of foreign aid on corruption and institutions. It entails a series of publications that have been successively motivated by feedbacks from academic and policy making circles. The plethora of papers explores debates sustaining the...

Large-scale agricultural land acquisitions have been covered substantially in recent literature. Despite the wealth of theoretical and empirical studies on this subject, there is no study that has reviewed existing literature in light of concerns over sustainable and equitable management. This...

The relative positive economic growth experienced by most African countries in the recent decade has come with insufficient demand stimulation. The concern of poverty at the forefront of economic policy, the need for inclusive growth and sustainable development, inter alia, brings forward the...

La présente étude a pour but d’effectuer une évaluation économétrique des facteurs microéconomiques responsables du problème de financement externe des PME au Cameroun. A l’aide d’un modèle logit multinomial l’on a estimé la variable «Principale source de financement» sur la...

This paper prolongs the reflection on the business and investment environment which remains the major determinant of the quality and quantity of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) destined for a country. Socio-political instability creates an unfavourable environment and represents a risk for the...

Worldwide life insurance regulations are converging towards stochastic valuation of liabilities. Some regulatory framework requires the actuary to estimate the market consistent value of the liabilities. Often, a risk neutral ESG is used to project and discount future liabilities cash flows....

Ce papier a pour objectif l’évaluation de l’impact réel des politiques financières mises en oeuvre en zone CEMAC. Pour le faire nous avons effectué une évaluation théorique et empirique du niveau de l’importance des politiques financières -notamment politique monétaire, de...

The aim of this article is to examine and measure the importance of the development of the creative industry in the fight against youth unemployment in Cameroon. Based on data both from an existing data base and a small survey we undertook, we have conducted prior a statistical analysis of the...

Why is African financial system less developed in general and how can it impact the real economy? Is Islamic finance development instrumental for inclusive and pro-poor financial system in Africa? Does it matter in improvement of financial development impact on GDP per capita in particular? Are...