This paper explores the causal relationships between public debt and economic growth, and between public debt service and economic growth in Zambia for the period from 1970 to 2017. Unlike previous studies on this subject that relied on bivariate frameworks, this paper includes fiscal balance...

This paper examines the relationship between financial sector reforms and sustainable economic growth in Ghana. Employing the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) bounds testing approach and using GDP per capita as a growth indicator, this paper establishes a long-run relationship between...

This study examines the dynamic impact of public debt on economic growth in Zambia from 1970 to 2017. The study also estimated the relative impact of domestic public debt and foreign public debt on economic growth in Zambia. Using the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) bounds testing...

This paper surveys the existing literature on the relationship between inflation and economic growth in developed and developing countries, highlighting the theoretical and empirical indications. The study finds that the impact of inflation on economic growth varies from country to country and...

In this study, nexuses between governance and natural resource rents are assessed in 44 sub-Saharan African countries using data for the period 1996-2016. The empirical evidence is based on Tobit regressions. The findings show that political governance (entailing “voice &...

In this study, nexuses between governance and trade performance in terms of natural resource rents are assessed in 44 sub-Saharan African countries. The empirical evidence is based on Tobit regressions. The findings show that political governance (entailing "voice & accountability" and political...

This paper examines the relationship between financial sector reforms and sustainable economic growth in Ghana. Employing the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) bounds testing approach and using GDP per capita as a growth indicator, this paper establishes a long-run relationship between...

This paper examines the relationship between financial sector reforms and sustainable economic growth in Ghana. Employing the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) bounds testing approach and using GDP per capita as a growth indicator, this paper establishes a long-run relationship between...

This paper explores the causal relationships between public debt and economic growth, and between public debt service and economic growth in Zambia for the period from 1970 to 2017. Unlike previous studies on this subject that relied on bivariate frameworks, this paper includes fiscal balance...

This study examines the dynamic impact of public debt on economic growth in Zambia from 1970 to 2017. The study also estimated the relative impact of domestic public debt and foreign public debt on economic growth in Zambia. Using the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) bounds testing...