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Unjust enrichment from official corruption in Africa : theory and model on how lenders have benefited

Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2016

, extreme poverty has been decreasing in all regions of the world with the exception of Africa where about 50 percent of … countries in Sub-Saharan Africa did not achieve the MDG extreme poverty target despite the sub-region enjoying more than two …

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Law and investment in Africa

Asongu, Simplice - In: Institutions and economies 8 (2016) 2, pp. 95-124

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Governance and the capital flight trap in Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Nnanna, Joseph - 2020

capital flight trap in Africa, before examining what thresholds of government quality are required to fight the capital flight …

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Fighting terrorism in Africa : complementarity between inclusive development, military expenditure and political stability

Asongu, Simplice; Le Roux, Sara; Singh, Pritam - 2020

This study examines complementarities between inclusive development, military expenditure and political stability in the fight against terrorism in 53 African countries for the period 1998-2012. Hence the policy variables employed in the study are inclusive development, military expenditure and...

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Unravelling the mysteries of underdevelopment in Africa

Achuo, Elvis Dze; Nchofoung, Tii Njivukuh; Asongu, Simplice - 2021

patterns in Africa. The Instrumental Variable Two Stage Least Squares (IV-2SLS) estimation technique is adopted for a panel of … capital are development enhancing in Africa while external financial inflows are detrimental to economic development. In …

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Taxation, Foreign Aid and Political Governance in Africa

Asongu, Simplice - 2019

, legal origins, natural resources and landlockedness. While the hypothesis is invalid in baseline Africa, low income and …

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The Evolving Debate on the Effect of Foreign Aid on Corruption and Institutions in Africa

Asongu, Simplice - 2015

This policy chapter summarises an evolving debate on the effect of foreign aid on corruption and institutions. It entails a series of publications that have been successively motivated by feedbacks from academic and policy making circles. The plethora of papers explores debates sustaining the...

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Investment and Inequality in Africa : Which Financial Channels are Good for the Poor?

Asongu, Simplice - 2015

This paper examines how domestic, foreign, private and public investments affect income-inequality through financial intermediary dynamics. With the exception of financial allocation efficiency, financial channels of depth and activity are good for the poor as they diminish estimated household...

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Political Crises and Risk of Financial Contagion in Developing Countries : Evidence from Africa

Asongu, Simplice - 2015

The recent waves of political crises in Africa and the Middle East have inspired the debate over how political …

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A survey on the Washington Consensus and the Beijing Model : reconciling development perspectives

Asongu, Simplice; Acha-Anyi, Paul N. - In: International review of economics : journal of civil economy 67 (2020) 2, pp. 111-129

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