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Globalisation, Technology and Global Health

Shobande, Olatunji Abdul; Ogbeifun, Lawrence; Asongu, … - 2023

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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Financial Development, Human Capital and Energy Transition : A Global Comparative Analysis

Achuo, Elvis Dze; Kakeu, Pilag; Asongu, Simplice - 2023

Despite the global resolves to curtail fossil fuel consumption in favour of clean energies, several countries continue to rely on carbon-intensive sources in meeting their energy demands. Financial constraints and limited knowledge with regard to green energy sources constitute major setbacks to...

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Promoting Environmental Sustainability in Africa : Evidence from Governance Synergy

Traoré, Awa; Ndour, Cheikh Tidiane; Asongu, Simplice - 2023

The present study complements the extant literature by assessing how environmental sustainability can be promoted by means of policies that entail the simultaneous implementation of six governance dynamics, notably, political governance (political stability/ no violence and ‘voice &...

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The Relationship between Firms that Start Operating as Unregistered and Firms’ Innovation : the Moderating Effect of Access to Finance

Njinyah, Sam; Asongu, Simplice - 2023

The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between a firm starting operation informally and its future innovation and whether this relation is moderated by institutional support (having access to finance from financial institutions to run their business). Data from the World Bank...

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The role of mobile money adoption in moderating the influence of access to finance in firm performance

Njinyah, Sam Zisuh; Asongu, Simplice; Jones, Sally - 2023

Africa is becoming the fastest-growing continent despite significant challenges to accessing finance and the use of technology. This research aims to examine the direct effect of mobile money adoption on firm performance and its indirect effect by examining how it moderates the effect of access...

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Governance in the Exploration of Global and Regional Determinants of ICT Development

Saba, Charles Shaaba; Asongu, Simplice; Ngepah, Nicholas; … - 2023

The present study assesses how governance affects information and communication technology at the global level contingent on macroeconomic policy factors such as trade, foreign investment, manufacturing value added and agriculture value added. The focus of the study is on 183 countries for the...

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Economic Globalisation and Africa’s Quest for Greener and More Inclusive Growth : The Missing Link

Ofori, Isaac Kwesi; Freytag, Andreas; Asongu, Simplice - 2023

This study examines the contingency and threshold effects of economic freedom in the economic globalisation (EG) and inclusive green growth (IGG) relationship in Africa. Based on macro data for 22 African countries and the Driscoll-Kraay standard errors with fixed effects instrumental variable...

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The Role of Mobile Money Innovations in Transforming Unemployed Women to Self-Employed Women in Sub-Saharan Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Le Roux, Sara - 2023

The study examines how mobile money innovations transform unemployed women to self-employed women. The empirical evidence is based on interactive quantile regressions focusing on data in 44 countries from sub-Saharan Africa for the period 2004 to 2018. The hypothesis that mobile money...

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The role of governance in the effect of the internet on financial inclusion in sub-Saharan Africa

Akpa, Armand Fréjuis; Asongu, Simplice - 2023

Financial inclusion is a necessary condition for the population to get access to credit. Despite the efforts made by governments and policy makers, the rate of financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries remains low. The internet can be one of the options to increase the rate of...

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Addressing the Educational Crisis in Cameroon : Policy Syndromes, Arguments, Views, Theory and Agenda

Achuo, Elvis; Asongu, Simplice; Dinga, Gildas - 2022

This study pursues two main objectives. Firstly, we sought to unravel the key factors at the origin of the educational crisis in Cameroon. Second, we sought to identify the major causes of the mismatch between educational attainment and the job market. The study reveals the educational sector...

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