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Rational asymmetric development, Piketty and poverty in Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2016
been decreasing in all regions of the world with the exception of Africa. This study extends the implications of Thomas … development increases and Africa may not catch-up with the developed world. As an ideal solution, Piketty has proposed progressive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011548648
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Foreign aid and governance in Africa
Asongu, Simplice A.; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2014
influence the election and replacement of political leaders in Africa may have insignificant results. It is time to solve the … paper extends the debate on foreign aid and institutions in Africa in the light a plethora of recent studies in the aid …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409152
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Foreign aid and governance in Africa
Asongu, Simplice A.; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - In: International review of applied economics 30 (2016) 1, pp. 69-88
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011472252
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Is the threat of foreign aid withdrawal an effective deterrent to political oppression? : evidence from 53 African countries
Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - In: Journal of economic issues : jei 51 (2017) 1, pp. 201-221
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011786513
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Is the threat of foreign aid withdrawal an effective deterrent to political oppression? : evidence from 53 African countries
Asongu, Simplice A.; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2016
This study complements existing literature on the aid-institutions nexus by focusing on political rights, aid volatilities and the post-Berlin Wall period. The findings show that while foreign aid does not have a significant effect on political rights, foreign aid volatilities do mitigate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011496393
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Increasing foreign aid for inclusive human development in Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2017
In the light of evidence that poverty has been decreasing in all regions of the World with the exception of Africa …, where about 45 percent of countries in Sub-Saharan Africa did not achieve the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) extreme …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011668534
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Foreign aid instability and bundled governance dynamics in Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2015
-institutions' literature by examining how aid instabilities affect an aggregate index of governance dynamics in Africa. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011596858
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Foreign Aid and Inclusive Development: Updated Evidence from Africa, 2005-2012
Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2015
Motivated by the April 2015 World Bank Publication on MDGs which reveals that poverty has been declining in all regions of the world with the exception of African countries, this study investigates the effects of a plethora of foreign aid dynamics on inequality adjusted human development....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011596863
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Foreign aid volatility and lifelong learning: demand-side empirics to a textual literature
Asongu, Simplice A.; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2015
learning in Africa. Practical implications- As a policy implication, when faced with aid uncertainty, the demand for education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011408497