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Population Growth and Forest Sustainability in Africa
Asongu, Simplice A.; Jingwa, Brian - 2011
Recent distressing trends in climate change, population explosion and deforestation inspired this paper, which completes existing literature by providing empirical justification to hypothetical initiatives on the impact of population growth on forest sustainability in Africa. Using three...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390780
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The Role of Human Development on Deforestation in Africa: A Modelling-Based Approach
Asongu, Simplice A.; Jingwa, Brian - 2012
The rate of deforestation in Africa is of paramount concern not only to the future of Africa, but also to the world. This study uses country-level data to model changes in forest area over an 18 year period (1990-2007) in 35 African countries and investigates the role played by important...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390818
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The role of human development on deforestation in Africa : a modelling-based approach
Asongu, Simplice A.; Jingwa, Brian A. - 2012
The rate of deforestation in Africa is of paramount concern not only to the future of Africa, but also to the world. This study uses country-level data to model changes in forest area over an 18 year period (1990-2007) in 35 African countries and investigates the role played by important...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410044
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Population growth and forest sustainability in Africa
Asongu, Simplice A.; Jingwa, Brian A. - 2011
Recent distressing trends in climate change, population explosion and deforestation inspired this paper, which completes existing literature by providing empirical justification to hypothetical initiatives on the impact of population growth on forest sustainability in Africa. Using three...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410348
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Globalization, Peace & Stability, Governance, and Knowledge Economy
Amavilah, Voxi; Asongu, Simplice A.; Andrés, Antonio R. - Instituto de Estudios Avanzados en Desarrollo (INESAD) - 2014
, which affects governance and through governance the knowledge economy. The claim addresses one weakness of previous research … effects on peace and stability, and peace and stability affect governance differently depending on what kind of globalization … induces it. For instance, the effects on governance induced by globalization defined as trade are stronger than those …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011099753
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Fighting African Conflicts and Crimes: Which Governance Tools Matter?
Asongu, Simplice A.; Kodila-Tedika, Oasis - 2013
Crimes and conflicts are seriously undermining African development. This article assesses the best governance tools in … population density. Justifications for the edge of corruption-control (as the most effective governance tool) and policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390832
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Equitable and Sustainable Development of Foreign Land Acquisitions: what have we learnt on policy syndromes and implications?
Asongu, Simplice A.; Christian, Nguena - 2014
Large-scale agricultural land acquisitions have been covered substantially in recent literature. Despite the wealth of theoretical and empirical studies on this subject, there is no study that has reviewed existing literature in light of concerns over sustainable and equitable management. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390861
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On foreign aid distortions to governance
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2014
The Kangoye (2013, TDE) findings on the negative nexus between foreign aid unpredictability and governance could … (2012, JDS) literature, we first confirm Kangoye's findings. Then extend the concept of governance from corruption to … Kangoye. It follows that in the presence of foreign aid uncertainty, governments could be constrained to improve governance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390868
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Boosting scientific publications in Africa: which IPRs protection channels matter?
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2014
This paper examines how Africa's share in the contribution to global scientific knowledge can be boosted with existing Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) mechanisms. The findings which broadly indicate that tight IPRs are correlated with knowledge contribution can be summarized in two main...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390870
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Globalization, Peace & Stability, Governance, and Knowledge Economy
Voxi, Amavilah; Asongu, Simplice A.; Antonio, Andrés - 2014
, which affects governance and through governance the knowledge economy. The claim addresses one weakness of previous research … effects on peace and stability, and peace and stability affect governance differently depending on what kind of globalization … induces it. For instance, the effects on governance induced by globalization defined as trade are stronger than those …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390872