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Africa 24,753 Afrika 20,945 Economic development 3,496 Entwicklung 3,477 Economic growth 1,794 Wirtschaftswachstum 1,781 Entwicklungshilfe 1,407 Development aid 1,345 International economic relations 1,213 Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen 1,213 Entwicklungspolitik 954 China 923 Auslandsinvestition 914 Foreign investment 909 Asia 888 Development policy 883 Entwicklungsländer 848 Sub-Saharan Africa 804 Agriculture 802 Poverty 800 Asien 792 Developing countries 792 Subsahara-Afrika 747 Landwirtschaft 735 Armut 729 Sustainable development 692 Nachhaltige Entwicklung 675 Globalization 645 Globalisierung 634 Central Africa 591 Zentralafrika 589 Latin America 574 Wirtschaftspolitik 572 World 560 Welt 557 Regionale Wirtschaftsintegration 547 Regional economic integration 546 Economic policy 494 Lateinamerika 493 Kenya 491
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Article in journal 6,512 Aufsatz in Zeitschrift 6,512 Graue Literatur 4,107 Non-commercial literature 4,107 Working Paper 3,284 Arbeitspapier 2,489 Aufsatz im Buch 2,134 Book section 2,134 Collection of articles of several authors 1,478 Sammelwerk 1,478 Konferenzschrift 651 Aufsatzsammlung 611 Amtsdruckschrift 426 Government document 426 Conference proceedings 425 Hochschulschrift 158 Case study 122 Fallstudie 122 Bibliografie enthalten 110 Bibliography included 110 Article 104 Thesis 101 No longer published / No longer aquired 94 Bibliografie 92 Statistik 90 Statistics 72 Conference paper 71 Konferenzbeitrag 71 Mehrbändiges Werk 49 Multi-volume publication 49 Bibliographie 48 Bibliography 43 Collection of articles written by one author 37 Sammlung 37 Handbook 36 Handbuch 36 Festschrift 32 Amtliche Publikation 31 Rezension 31 Adressbuch 25
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Asongu, Simplice 689 Asongu, Simplice A. 278 Collier, Paul 101 Odhiambo, Nicholas M. 99 Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. 88 Brixiova, Zuzana 79 Asongu, Asongu Simplice 75 Kohnert, Dirk 74 Tchamyou, Vanessa 59 Fosu, Augustin Kwasi 58 Ncube, Mthuli 58 Jayne, Thomas S. 53 Shimeles, Abebe 53 Kurukulasuriya, Pradeep 52 Naudé, Wim 52 Papaioannou, Elias 52 Amankwah-Amoah, Joseph 49 Bigsten, Arne 46 Ndikumana, Léonce 46 Tarp, Finn 46 Wohlmuth, Karl 45 Kodila-Tedika, Oasis 44 Nnanna, Joseph 44 Addison, Tony 42 Qaim, Matin 42 Fafchamps, Marcel 41 Fofack, Hippolyte 41 Page, John M. 40 Fielding, David 39 Devarajan, Shantayanan 38 Tchamyou, Vanessa S. 38 Nunn, Nathan 37 Ramachandran, Vijaya 37 Simplice A, Asongu 37 Baliamoune-Lutz, Mina 36 Fenske, James 36 Sahn, David E. 36 Diao, Xinshen 35 Söderbom, Måns 34 Isaksson, Ann-Sofie 33
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Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München 249 OECD 143 World Bank 135 Vereinte Nationen / Wirtschaftskommission für Afrika 126 World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU/WIDER), United Nations University 100 Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, Michigan State University 98 Weltbank 96 African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) 87 National Bureau of Economic Research 81 World Bank Group 61 UNCTAD 58 African Development Bank 55 International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) 55 FAO 44 Institut Afriki 38 Internationaler Währungsfonds 36 World Institute for Development Economics Research 34 WorldFish Center, Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) 34 African Economic Research Consortium 33 Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) 31 Nordiska Afrikainstitutet 30 C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers 29 International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations 29 Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) 28 African Development Bank Group 25 UNIDO 25 eSocialSciences 25 Africa Institute of South Africa 24 Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA) 24 Council for the Development of Economic and Social Research in Africa 22 Department of Economics, Oxford University 22 Internationales Arbeitsamt 22 Overseas Development Institute 22 UNCTAD / Secretariat 21 Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE), Department of Economics 20 DIAL 20 International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE 20 HAL 18 OECD / Development Centre 18 Afrikanische Union 17
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World development : the multi-disciplinary international journal devoted to the study and promotion of world development 401 AGDI working paper 383 AGDI Working Paper 306 MPRA Paper 250 Journal of African economies 206 Policy research working paper : WPS 192 African development review 178 World Bank E-Library Archive 159 Working paper / World Institute for Development Economics Research 147 World Development 125 World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 115 WIDER Working Paper 105 Africa journal of management 102 IZA Discussion Papers 100 Working Paper Series / World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU/WIDER), United Nations University 98 OECD Tax Statistics 95 Springer eBook Collection 93 Journal of African business 87 Working Papers / African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI) 87 Discussion paper series / IZA 83 NBER working paper series 80 Food policy : economics planning and politics of food and agriculture 75 Policies and practices 71 NBER Working Paper 70 Journal of international development : the journal of the Development Studies Association 69 Journal of development economics 67 Working paper 67 Policy Research Working Paper 66 African journal of science, technology, innovation & development : AJSTID 65 IFPRI discussion paper 65 Development policy review 64 Working paper / National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. 64 Context and concepts 55 SpringerLink / Bücher 55 Discussion paper / Centre for Economic Policy Research 51 Food Security Collaborative Working Papers 51 InfoDev ICT and Education Series 51 The South African journal of economics 51 Working paper series / African Development Bank Group 49 Africa Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs 48
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ECONIS (ZBW) 21,099 RePEc 2,641 EconStor 938 USB Cologne (EcoSocSci) 113 BASE 73 ArchiDok 21 Other ZBW resources 6 USB Cologne (business full texts) 1
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The future of EU blended finance and guarantees: An assessment of cooperation strategies with least developed countries in Africa
Lundsgaarde, Erik - 2023
The European Fund for Sustainable Development Plus (EFSD+) is a core element of EU development cooperation and reflects the EU's strong commitment to deploying blended finance and guarantees as development financing tools. This discussion paper examines the EU's intentions concerning how the...
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Locust infestations and individual school dropout: Evidence from Africa
Asare, Abigail O.; Dannemann, Bernhard Christopher; … - 2023
This paper examines the effect of desert locust infestations on school enrollment of children and young adults between 3 and 24 years of age. We combine individual and household survey data from the 2005-2019 Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program with data on the spatial distribution of...
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Locust infestations and individual school dropout : evidence from Africa
Asare, Abigail O.; Dannemann, Bernhard Christopher; … - 2023 - This Version: February 2023
This paper examines the effect of desert locust infestations on school enrollment of children and young adults between 3 and 24 years of age. We combine individual and household survey data from the 2005-2019 Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Program with data on the spatial distribution of...
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Causal relationship between Africa's growth and Chinese debt financing for infrastructure development
Ngundu, Marvellous; Ngalawa, Harold - In: Montenegrin journal of economics 19 (2023) 1, pp. 127-137
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Green hydrogen : an opportunity for India-Africa cooperation
Lalwani, Apoorva - 2023
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Does ICT access and usage reduce growth inefficiency in Sub-Saharan Africa?
Avom, Désiré; Dufrénot, Gilles; Ekomo, Sylvie … - 2023
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One team, one nation : football, identity and conflict in Africa
Campante, Filipe R.; Depetris-Chauvin, Emilio; Durante, … - In: Nation building : big lessons from successes and failures, (pp. 239-246). 2023
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Tubers and its role in historic political fragmentation in Africa
Obikili, Nonso - 2023
This paper examines the link between historical political fragmentation and surplus agricultural production, and the impact of natural endowments with regards to crop suitability. I show that in sub-Saharan Africa, groups that cultivated tubers, specifically yams, were more likely to have higher...
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Exploring the role of high government debt on economic growth : a nonlinearity and threshold analysis for Africa's developing countries
Mqolombeni, Nokwanda; Tewari, Devi D.; Ilesanmi, … - In: Economies : open access journal 11 (2023) 2, pp. 1-15
Purpose: This paper empirically investigated the impact of high government debt on economic growth, using a panel data of 12 developing countries in Africa for the period between 1991 and 2020. Furthermore, it sought to find the existence of nonlinearity between government debt and economic...
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The twin impacts of income inequality and unemployment on murder crime in African emerging economies : a mixed models approach
Zungu, Lindokuhle Talent; Mtshengu, Thamsanqa Reginald - In: Economies : open access journal 11 (2023) 2, pp. 1-21
This study analyses the dynamic impact of income inequality and unemployment on crime in a panel of 15 African countries during the period 1994-2019 using four models: the panel vector autoregression model, the generalized method of moments model, the fixed-effect model, and machine learning....
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Germs, globalization, and trade spillovers : how could COVID-19 affect African economies and AfCFTA
Das, Gouranga Gopal; Maswana, Jean-Claude; Hirano, Yumeka - 2023 - Draft version
Drawing on selective stylized facts, the paper evaluates the growth-effects for African countries and the disruptive potentials resulting from the COVD-19 pandemic, as African countries are involved in intra-regional integration processes. As AfCFTA involving 55 countries (ratified by 22...
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Social responsibility in micro businesses in an African context : towards a theoretical understanding
Uba, Chijioke Dike; Hasan, Md Nazmul; Mshelia, James Buba - In: Business ethics, the environment & responsibility 32 (2023) 1, pp. 164-178
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Co-opting business models at the base of the pyramid (BOP) : microentrepreneurs and multinational enterprises in Ghana
Decker, Stephanie; Dankwah, George Obeng - In: Business & society 62 (2023) 1, pp. 151-191
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Promoting environmental sustainability in Africa : evidence from governance synergy
Traoré, Awa; Ndour, Cheikh T.; 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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African Women Vulnerability Index : focus on rural women
Tchamyou, Vanessa; Diop, Samba; Asongu, Simplice; … - 2023
In this paper, we develop a new index labelled the African Women Vulnerability Index (AWVI) with a focus on rural women using Round 7 of the Afrobarometer Survey. The AWVI comprises 59 indicators in six dimensions namely: safety, empowerment, health, education, economic prosperity and...
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Voice of Africa
al- Markaz al-Miṣrī li-d-Dirāsāt al-Iqtiṣādīya … - 2023
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Trade and regional economic development
Bühler, Mathias - 2023
A central argument for trade liberalization is that when the 'gains from trade' are shared, countries see large gains in economic development. In this paper, I empirically evaluate this argument and assess the impact of elite capture on regional development. Africa provides a unique study ground...
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From contractors to investors? : evolving engagement of Chinese state capital in global infrastructure development and the case of Lekki Port in Nigeria
Zhang, Hong - 2023
This paper introduces and critically analyzes an emerging form of global infrastructure development by China's infrastructure construction companies, known as "integrated investment, construction, and operation" (IICO). This model has been promoted by the Chinese infrastructure industry,...
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Assessing the impact of an intervention to withhold value-added tax in Zambia
Adu-Ababio, Kwabena; Koivisto, Aliisa; Kumwenda, Andreya; … - 2023
Improving tax collection is essential if developing economies are to avoid over-reliance on external donor funds and loans. Revenue authorities in the Global South have recently adopted new policy tools to improve domestic revenue mobilization through taxes. One such new policy is a withholding...
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Identity conflict, ethnocentrism and social cohesion
Sestito, Matteo - 2023
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The future of EU blended finance and guarantees : an assessment of cooperation strategies with least developed countries in Africa
Lundsgaarde, Erik - German Institute of Development and Sustainability - 2023
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Economic inequality in Latin America and Africa, 1650 to 1950 : can a comparison of historical trajectories help to understand underdevelopment?
Galli, Stefania; Theodoridis, Dimitrios; Rönnbäck, Klas - In: Economic history of developing regions 38 (2023) 1, pp. 41-64
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Responsible leadership through purpose-driven brand building : guidelines for leaders in Africa
Enslin, Carla; Wolfswinkel, Michelle; Terblanche-Smit, … - In: South African journal of business management 54 (2023) 1, pp. 1-14
Purpose: This article explores the symbiosis between the fields of responsible leadership and purpose-driven brand building to offer a new, integrated perspective along with strategic guidelines for implementation by leaders in Africa. Design/methodology/approach: This conceptual paper is based...
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Entrepreneurial passion and venture profit : examining the moderating effects of political connections and environmental dynamism in an emerging market
Adomako, Samuel; Mole, Kevin F.; Franklin, Rebecca J.; … - In: International small business journal : ISBJ 41 (2023) 2, pp. 204-232
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India's development cooperation in Africa : the case of "Solar Mamas" who bring light
2023
This paper examines multiple facets of New Delhi's development cooperation with countries in Africa and argues that grassroots organizations in India that find innovative, low-cost technological solutions to developmental challenges can help governments and multilateral agencies craft inclusive,...
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Model for stimulating entrepreneurial skills through entrepreneurship education in an African context
Olutuase, Samuel Oladipo; Brijlal, Pradeep; Yan, Bingwen - In: Journal of small business and entrepreneurship : JSBE 35 (2023) 2, pp. 263-283
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Developing entrepreneurial skillsets amongst rural women in Uganda
Gavigan, Sylvia; Cooney, Thomas M.; Ciprikis, Klavs - In: Journal of enterprising culture : JEC 31 (2023) 1, pp. 77-100
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Colonial legacies on employment : comparisons between some former Anglophone and French colonies
Neifar, Malika - In: Review of economics and political science : REPS 8 (2023) 1, pp. 68-82
Purpose - In this paper, the author assesses if the effect of structural policies, macroeconomic indicators and demographic factors on employment elasticities over the period 2000-2017 can distinguish the former French colonies from the Anglophone ones. Design/methodology/approach – Using a...
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The forgotten coal: Charcoal demand in Sub-Saharan Africa
Rose, Julian; Bensch, Gunther; Munyehirwe, Anicet; … - 2022
Charcoal is an important cooking fuel in urban Africa. In this paper, we estimate the current number of charcoal users and project trends for the coming decades. Charcoal production is often not effectively regulated, and it hence contributes to forest degradation. Moreover, charcoal has adverse...
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Labor Mobility and Innovation in Africa
Mbaye, Linguère Mously; Okara, Assi; Tani, Massimiliano - 2022
We develop a theoretical model to investigate whether short-term mobility differentially affects innovation in product or process and carry out an empirical analysis with a focus on Africa using firm-level data from the World Bank Enterprise Survey, as well as complementary country level...
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Long-run impacts of the conflict in Ukraine on food security in Africa
Balma, Lacina; Heidland, Tobias; Jävervall, Sebastian; … - 2022
Many African countries heavily rely on imports of agricultural commodities and agricultural inputs from Ukraine and Russia, for example wheat, other grains, and fertilizer. Russia's invasion of Ukraine has disrupted global access to grains due to reduced production, exports, and increased trade...
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Remittances and Income Inequality in Africa: Financial Development Thresholds for Economic Policy
Ofori, Isaac K.; Gbolonyo, Emmanuel; Dossou, Marcel A.; … - 2022
The study employs macrodata on 42 African countries to examine whether remittances and financial development (including the sub-components of access, depth and efficiency) contribute to the equalisation of incomes across the continent. Robust evidence from the dynamic GMM estimator shows that:...
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The fiscal state in Africa: Evidence from a century of growth
Albers, Thilo N. H.; Jerven, Morten; Suesse, Marvin - 2022
What is the level of state capacity in developing countries today, and what have been its drivers over the past century? We construct a comprehensive new dataset of tax and revenue collection for 46 African polities from 1900 to 2015. Descriptive analysis shows that many polities in Africa have...
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ICT adoption and stock market development: Empirical evidence using a panel of African countries
Igwilo, Jerry Ikechukwu; Sibindi, Athenia Bongani - In: Risks 10 (2022) 2, pp. 1-17
The aim of this study was to examine the impact of adopting information and communication technologies (ICT) on the development of African stock exchanges. The study examined a panel of 11 African stock exchanges for the period 2008-2017 and employed the generalised method of moments (GMM) to...
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Does cryptocurrency hurt African firms?
Sami, Mina; Abdallah, Wael - In: Risks 10 (2022) 3, pp. 1-17
This paper aimed to assess the effect of the cryptocurrency market on firms' market value, especially on the sectoral level, in Africa. To reach the study's main goal, the authors adopted the Panel-Corrected Standard Errors (PCSEs) and Panel Double-Clustered Standard Errors (PDCSEs). Using...
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Towards Inclusive Green Growth in Africa: Critical energy efficiency synergies and governance thresholds
Ofori, Isaac K.; Gbolonyo, Emmanuel; Ojong, Nathanael - In: Journal of Cleaner Production 365 (2022), pp. 1-48
This study contributes to the scholarly literature on the achievement of sustainable development in light of the UN’s Agenda 2030 and African Union’s Agenda 2063 by examining pathways through which energy efficiency (EE) promotes inclusive green growth (IGG) in Africa. Our contribution is...
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Medication against Conflict
Berlanda, Andrea; Cervellati, Matteo; Esposito, Elena; … - 2022
The consequences of successful public health interventions for social violence and conflict are largely unknown. This paper closes this gap by evaluating the effect of a major health intervention – the successful expansion of anti-retroviral therapy (ART) to combat the HIV/AIDS pandemic –...
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Nowcasting the impact of COVID-19 on education, intergenerational mobility and earnings inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa
Neidhöfer, Guido; Lustig, Nora; Larroulet, Patricio - 2022
Using microsimulations, we nowcast the impact of learning losses caused by COVID-19 on secondary school completion rates, intergenerational mobility of education, and long-run earnings inequality in eight countries Sub-Saharan Africa. On average, secondary school completion rates decrease by 12...
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Agricultural households in times of crisis. The COVID-19 pandemic, livelihoods and land-use decisions
Nolte, Kerstin; Sipangule, Kacana; Wendt, Niels - In: Journal of Land Use Science 17 (2022) 1, pp. 134-160
The COVID-19 pandemic has profound impacts on agricultural households. We discuss how these impacts might affect the underlying drivers of land-use decisions. First, we conceptually extend models of (smallholder) land-use decision-making to assess how the pandemic affects the underlying drivers...
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An integrative framework for formal and informal entrepreneurship research in Africa
Adu-Gyamfi, Richard; Kuada, John E.; Asongu, Simplice - 2022
It is a well-established practice of many Sub-Sahara African (SSA) governments to aid entrepreneurs within both the formal and informal sectors in order to enhance their performance and growth. Unfortunately, there is no agreed method by which governments can differentiate between entrepreneurs...
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Women empowerment and environmental sustainability in Africa
Achuo, Elvis Dze; Asongu, Simplice; Tchamyou, Vanessa - 2022
This study examines the effect of women's socioeconomic empowerment on environmental sustainability in Africa over the 1996-2019 period. Results of the system Generalised Method of Moments (GMM) estimator reveal that women's socioeconomic empowerment is environment enhancing. Moreover, the...
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Repackaging FDI for inclusive growth: Nullifying effects and policy relevant thresholds of governance
Ofori, Isaac Kwesi; Asongu, Simplice - 2022
This study examines whether the remarkable inflow of resources in the form of foreign direct investment (FDI) to SSA contributes to inclusive growth in the region. The study further investigates whether SSA's institutional fabric modulates the effect of FDI on inclusive growth in SSA. To this...
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Enhancing ICT for female economic participation in sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2022
This study investigates how enhancing information and communication technology (ICT) affects female economic participation in sub-Saharan African nations. Three female economic participation indicators are used, namely female labor force participation, female unemployment and female employment...
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Effect of women's political inclusion on the level of infrastructures in Africa
Nchofoung, Tii Njivukuh; Asongu, Simplice; Tchamyou, Vanessa - 2022
The need for gender inclusion was highlighted as the fifth sustainable development goal (SDG) (i.e. SDG5) and policies have been gearing towards attaining this objective and its subsequent effect on macroeconomic outcome. Equally, the demonstrated trend of infrastructures in Africa in terms of...
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Does corruption starve? An African perspective
Ndieupa, Henri Njangang; Asongu, Simplice; Mouchili, Eric - 2022
Corruption remains a major challenge to sustainable economic growth, good governance, peace, and stability in both developed and developing countries. However, in developing countries, and particularly in Africa, hunger is another big challenge to inclusive economic development. To date, no...
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Corporate finance, industrial performance and environment in Africa: Lessons for policy
Mesagan, Peter Ekundayo; Adewuyi, Titilope C.; Olaoye, … - 2022
This study employs the Pool Mean Group framework to investigate the impact of corporate finance and industrial performance on pollution in Africa between 1990 and 2020. The study, which focuses on 36 African nations, found that corporate financing insignificantly enhances environmental quality...
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The Digital Continent: Placing Africa in Planetary Networks of Work
Anwar, Mohammad Amir; Graham, Mark - 2022
Only ten years ago, there were more internet users in countries like France or Germany than in all of Africa put together. But much has changed in a decade. The year 2018 marks the first year in human history in which a majority of the world's population are now connected to the internet. This...
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Economic Globalisation and Inclusive Green Growth in Africa: Contingencies and Policy-Relevant Thresholds of Governance
Ofori, Isaac K.; Figari, Francesco - In: Sustainable Development (2022) Forthcoming
This study employs macrodata for 23 African countries to examine whether good governance interacts with economic globalisation (EG) to foster inclusive green growth (IGG). First, the study finds that EG hampers IGG in Africa. Second, although unconditionally good governance promotes IGG, only...
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Social cohesion and firms' access to finance in Africa
2022
Social cohesion has recently gained increasing attention in academic and policy circles. Apart from being a necessary feature of stable societies per se, social cohesion is also a key factor for sustainable economic development. One potential means through which social cohesion could foster...
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Mother Africa's Exceptionalism? Income and Fertility Redux
Gradstein, Mark; Ishak, Phoebe W. - 2022
We revisit the effect of long run income growth on population fertility in some of the poorest countries in the world. Causal inference is enabled through proxying income windfalls by oil price shocks in oil rich versus oil poor provinces. Using various fertility measures as outcomes, we find...
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