Motivated by the difficulty of ensuring gender equality and the chaotic state of democracy, we analyze the effects of gender political inclusion and democracy on environmental policy performance. The study uses a panel of 45 African countries over the period 2012-2018 and employs the method of...

This research paper purposes to discover the reasons that impact the working capital management (WCM) of Indian-listed manufacturing firms. The study uses a panel data set of 291 firms covering years from 2011 to 2020. The authors use working capital requirement (WCR) and cash conversion cycle...

In SSA, evidence is scanty on the association between greenhouse gas emissions and food security, though the region is highly vulnerable to climate change. Thus, this study has examined the effects of greenhouse gas emissions on food security in 22 SSA countries for the period 2005-2018. We...

Purpose - In this paper, the author assesses if the effect of structural policies, macroeconomic indicators and demographic factors on employment elasticities over the period 2000-2017 can distinguish the former French colonies from the Anglophone ones. Design/methodology/approach – Using a...

This study aimed to examine the macroeconomic and firm-specific determinants of financial performance using 121 listed non-life insurance companies from 48 African countries for the period 2008–2019. Panel data of 1452 observations were examined using both ordinary least squares and two-step...