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The role of economic prosperity on informality in Africa : evidence of corruption thresholds from PSTR

Njoya, Loudi; Ngouhouo, Ibrahim; Asongu, Simplice; … - 2022

This paper is interested in explaining the causes of the simultaneous evolution between economic growth and informality. Using a large annual panel of African countries with a time series of 25 years, ours results show that when the corruption rate is above (below) a threshold of 1.3577,...

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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

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 regression, the following findings are established. First, Africa … threshold analysis suggests that by improving Africa's mostly unfree economic architecture to 60% (moderately free)or 80% (free …

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Economic globalisation and inclusive green growth in Africa : contingencies and policy-relevant thresholds of governance

Ofori, Isaac Kwesi; Figari, Francesco - 2022

globalisation (EG) to foster inclusive green growth (IGG). First, the study finds that EG hampers IGG in Africa. Second, although …

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Corruption, economic growth and the informal sector : empirical evidence from developing countries

Ngouhouo, Ibrahim; Njoya, Loudi; Asongu, Simplice - 2022

except in the Middle East and North Africa (positive net effect) and high income and upper-middleincome countries (only …

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Mobile phone penetration, mobile banking and inclusive development in Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2016

The study assesses the role of mobile phones and mobile banking in decreasing inequality in 52 African countries. The empirical procedure involves first, examining the income-redistributive effect of mobile phone penetration and then investigating the contribution of mobile banking services in...

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How has mobile banking stimulated financial development in Africa?

Asongu, Simplice A. - 2012

In the first empirical assessment of the incidence of mobile banking on financial intermediary development in Africa …

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How has mobile phone penetration stimulated financial development in Africa?

Asongu, Simplice A. - 2012

In the first macroeconomic empirical assessment of the relationship between mobile phones and finance, this paper examines the correlations between mobile phone penetration and financial development using two conflicting definitions of the financial system in the financial development...

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A good turn deserves another : political stability, corruption and corruption-control

Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2015

We build on existing literature and contemporary challenges to African development to assess the role of political stability in fighting corruption and boosting corruption-control in 53 African countries for the period 1996-2010. We postulate that on the one hand, an atmosphere of political...

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The impact of software piracy on inclusive human development : evidence from Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Andrés, Antonio R. - 2014

This paper examines two dimensions of the software piracy-development nexus to complement existing formal literature. It empirically assesses the incidence of piracy on the Human Development Index (HDI) and its constituents and then the instrumentality of Intellectual Property Right (IPR)...

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The role of lifelong learning in political stability and non-violence : evidence from Africa

Asongu, Simplice A.; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2014

academic circles. Against the background of growing political instability in Africa and the central role of the knowledge … learning can be an effective tool in the fight against violence and political insurgency in Africa. Originality/value - As the …

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