Search Results - subject:"Inclusive Development"

Fighting terrorism in Africa when existing terrorism levels matter

Asongu, Simplice; Tchamyou, Vanessa; Asongu, Ndemaze; … - 2019

This study examines policy tools in the fight against terrorism when existing levels of terrorism matter in 53 African countries for the period 1998-2012. The empirical evidence is based on contemporary, non-contemporary and Instrumental Variable Quantile regressions (QR) which enable the...

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Thresholds of income inequality that mitigate the role of gender inclusive education in promoting gender economic inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2019

This study provides thresholds of inequality that should not be exceeded if gender inclusive education is to enhance gender inclusive formal economic participation in sub-Saharan Africa. The empirical evidence is based on the Generalised Method of Moments and data from 42 countries during the...

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Inequality and the economic participation of women in Sub-Saharan Africa : an empirical investigation

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2019

This study investigates the effect of inequality on female employment in 42 countries in sub- Saharan Africa for the period 2004-2014. Three inequality indicators are used, namely, the: Gini coefficient, Atkinson index and Palma ratio. Two indicators of gender inclusion are also employed,...

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Inequality and gender inclusion : minimum ICT policy thresholds for promoting female employment in Sub-Saharan Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2019

The study assesses how ICT modulates the effect of inequality on female economic participation in a panel of 42 countries in sub-Saharan Africa over the period 2004-2014. Three inequality indicators are used, namely: the Gini coefficient, the Atkinson index and the Palma ratio. The adopted ICT...

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An intelligent advisory system to support managerial decisions for a social safety net

Okewu, Emmanuel; Misra, Sanjay; Okewu, Jonathan; … - In: Administrative Sciences : open access journal 9 (2019) 3/55, pp. 1-14

stakeholders who make management decisions, which clearly demonstrates the efficacy of SSNPs and inclusive development. …. Inadequate policy awareness remains a challenge, resulting in low participation rates in SSNPs. To achieve all-inclusive … development, deliberate policies and programs that target this population have to be initiated by government, corporate bodies …

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Inequality and gender economic inclusion : the moderating role of financial access in sub-Saharan Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Nnanna, Joseph; Acha-Anyi, Paul N. - 2019

This study assesses how financial access can be used to modulate the effect of income inequality on gender economic inclusion. The focus is on 42 countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) for the period 2004-2014 and the empirical evidence is based on Generalised Method of Moments (GMM) and Fixed...

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Inequality thresholds, governance and gender economic inclusion in sub-Saharan Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2019

Inequality and gender economic exclusion are major policy concerns facing sub-Saharan Africa in the post-2015 development agenda. The study provides critical masses of inequality that should not be exceeded if governance is to promote gender economic participation. The research focuses on 42...

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How enhancing gender inclusion affects inequality : thresholds of complementary policies for sustainable development

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2019

This study investigates how enhancing gender inclusion affects inequality in 42 African countries for the period 2004-2014. The empirical evidence is based on the Generalized Method of Moments. Three inequality indicators are used, namely, the: Gini coefficient, Atkinson index, and Palma ratio....

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Income levels, governance and inclusive human development in Sub-Saharan Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 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...

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Inclusive rural development : a scientific discourse

Borodina, Olena; Prokopa, Ihor V. - In: Economy and forecasting : scientific journal (2019) 1, pp. 67-82

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