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The conditional influence of poverty, inequality and severity of poverty on economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Eita, Joel Hinaunye - 2023
Poverty and inequality represent major policy syndromes that are relevant in the achievement of most United Nations' sustainable development goals (SDGs) in sub-Saharan Africa, while economic growth is also essential for the achievement of attendant SDGs. The present study extends existing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014265901
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The Conditional Influence of Poverty, Inequality and Severity of Poverty on Economic Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Eita, Joel Hinaunye - 2023
Poverty and inequality represent major policy syndromes that are relevant in the achievement of most United Nations’ sustainable development goals (SDGs) in sub-Saharan Africa, while economic growth is also essential for the achievement of attendant SDGs. The present study extends existing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014357441
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Health performance and economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa: new evidence based on quantile regressions
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2023
The present study investigates the nexus between health performance dynamics and economic growth in 43 countries in sub …-Saharan Africa for the period 2004-2018. Four health performance dynamics are used, notably: total life expectancy, male life … discussed. The study complements the literature on the nexus between health performance and economic growth by assessing the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014549343
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What really drives economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa? : evidence from the lasso regularization and inferential techniques
Ofori, Isaac Kwesi; Obeng, Camara Kwasi; Asongu, Simplice - 2022
The question of what really drives economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has been debated for many decades now. However, there is still a lack of clarity on variables crucial for driving growth as prior contributions have been executed at the backdrop of preferential selection of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013380603
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Inclusive Human Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice - 2020
This study assesses the role of income levels (low and middle) in modulating governance (political and economic) to influence inclusive human development. The empirical evidence is based on interactive quantile regressions and forty-nine countries in sub-Saharan Africa for the period...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012839248
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Understanding Sub-Saharan Africa's Extreme Poverty Tragedy
Asongu, Simplice - 2019
Motivated by a recent World Bank report on achieving of Millennium Development Goals which shows that poverty has been declining in all regions of the world with the exception of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), this study puts some empirical structure to theoretical and qualitative studies on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012899553
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Income Levels, Governance and Inclusive Human Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice - 2019
This study examines how income-driven governance affects inclusive human development in Sub-Saharan Africa with data for the period 2000-2012. The empirical evidence is based on the Generalised Method of Moments (GMM) and Tobit regressions. Nine bundled and unbundled concepts of governance are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012867370
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Inclusive human development in sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Nnanna, Joseph - 2020
This study assesses the role of income levels (low and middle) in modulating governance (political and economic) to influence inclusive human development. The empirical evidence is based on interactive quantile regressions and forty-nine countries in sub-Saharan Africa for the period...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012181776
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Understanding sub-Saharan Africa's extreme poverty tragedy
Asongu, Simplice; Le Roux, Sara - 2018
Motivated by a recent World Bank report on achieving of Millennium Development Goals which shows that poverty has been declining in all regions of the world with the exception of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), this study puts some empirical structure to theoretical and qualitative studies on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011822290
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Health performance and economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa : new evidence based on quantile regressions
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - In: International journal of social economics 50 (2023) 12, pp. 1655-1671
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014466858