A region's growth trajectory is influenced by the economic circumstances of other regions in its proximity. While proximity is often understood in a geographic sense, economic connectivity can take many different forms. In particular, shock transmission processes between regions are inherently...

Smuggling harms the economy and development of a country. Various statistical methods can be used to determine the geographical distribution of smuggling within a country. In this regard, clustering techniques (both classical and spatial analysis) have been used to present an overview of...

The sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) region gathers the most vulnerable countries, which are criss-crossed geographically, making SSA countries extremely vulnerable to the influence of neighbouring countries. However, very few studies have considered the spillover effect of technical assistance in the...