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The impact of e-wallet on informal farm entrepreneurship development in rural Nigeria

Uduji, Joseph I.; Okolo-Obasi, Elda N.; Asongu, Simplice - 2018

Transforming agriculture from a largely subsistence enterprise to a profitable commercial venture is both a …

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Backwardness advantage and economic growth in the information age : a cross-country empirical study

Vu, Khuong; Asongu, Simplice - 2020

This paper seeks to gain insights into whether developing countries benefit more from the backwardness advantage for economic growth in the Information Age. The paper examines this concern through three complementary approaches. First, it derives theoretical grounds from the existing economic...

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ICT dynamics for gender inclusive intermediary education : minimum poverty and inequality thresholds in developing countries

Asongu, Simplice; Amari, Mouna; Jarboui, Anis; … - 2021

This study examines linkages between information and communication technology (ICT) dynamics, inequality and poverty in order to establish critical masses of poverty and inequality that should not be exceeded in order for ICT dynamics to promote gender inclusive education in 57 developing...

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Law, mobile money drivers and mobile money innovations in developing countries

Asongu, Simplice; Agyemang-Mintah, Peter; Nting, Rexon T. - 2021

This study investigates how the rule of law (i.e. law) modulates demand- and supply-side drivers of mobile money to influence mobile money innovations (i.e. mobile money accounts, the mobile phone used to send money and the mobile phone used to receive money) in developing countries. The...

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Globalisation, technology and global health

Shobande, Olatunji Abdul; Ogbeifun, Lawrence; Asongu, … - 2022

This study explored whether globalisation and technology are harmful to health for a global panel dataset of 52 countries for the period of 1990-2019. The study focused on four continents: Africa, the Americas, Asia/Oceania, and Europe. We used four advanced econometric methodologies, which...

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Corporate social responsibility and the role of rural women in sustainable agricultural development in sub-Saharan Africa : evidence from the Niger Delta in Nigeria

Uduji, Joseph I.; Okolo-Obasi, Elda N.; Asongu, Simplice - 2019

Low productivity among female farmers when compared with their male counterparts is considered an outcome of limited access to agricultural land and inputs. The objective of this investigation was to assess the impact of multinational oil companies' (MOCs') CSR on rural women access to modern...

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ICT and agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa : effects and transmission channels

Domguia, Edmond Noubissi; Asongu, Simplice - 2022

) and agriculture. Despite increasing attention on the subject, existing studies are sparse on the channels through which … regression model to assess both the impact and transmission of ICTs on agriculture in 18 sub-Saharan African countries. The … agriculture but also a positive indirect effect through its impact on financial development and trade openness and a negative …

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The determinants of interest rates in microfinance : age, scale and organisational charter

Nwachukwu, Jacinta C.; Aziz, Aqsa; Tony-Okeke, Uchenna; … - 2018

This study compares the responsiveness of microcredit interest rates to age, scale of lending and organisational charter. It uses an unbalanced panel of 300 MFIs from 107 developing countries from 2005 to 2015. Three key trends emerge from the results of a 2SLS regression. First, the adoption of...

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Information technology and sustainability in developing countries : an introduction

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2022

The purpose of this special issue is to contribute to the growing body of literature on the externalities of information technology within the specific remit of the relationship between information technology and sustainability outcomes in developing countries, not least because of the sparse...

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Effects of taxation on social innovation and implications for achieving Sustainable Development Goals in developing countries : a literature review

Kouam, Jean C.; Asongu, Simplice - 2022

In developing countries, taxation is perceived as a brake on economic growth. Indeed, taxes in most of these countries are not sufficiently adapted to the specificity of the taxpayer and often do not consider the weak administrative capacity of the countries in the region. In this context,...

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