Volatility of international commodity prices in times of COVID-19: Effects of oil supply and global demand shocks

HC Ezeaku, SA Asongu, J Nnanna - The extractive industries and society, 2021 - Elsevier
This study examines the effects of oil supply and global demand shocks on the volatility of
commodity prices in the metal and agricultural commodity markets using the SVAR model …

COVID‐19 economic vulnerability and resilience indexes: Global evidence

S Diop, SA Asongu, J Nnanna - International Social Science …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This study complements the extant literature by constructing COVID‐19 economic
vulnerability and resilience indexes using a global sample of 150 countries categorised into …

The Covid-19 pandemic and the new poor in Africa: The straw that broke the camel's back

S Diop, SA Asongu - Forum for Social Economics, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This study assesses the incidence of the Covid-19 pandemic on poverty levels in 50 African
countries by employing the PovcalNet computational tool for poverty monitoring. The …

The geography of the effectiveness and consequences of Covid‐19 measures: Global evidence

SA Asongu, S Diop, J Nnanna - Journal of Public Affairs, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This study has:(a) analysed the economic impact of the Covid‐19 pandemic,(b) evaluated
the effectiveness and relevance of different measures against the pandemic and (c) …

The economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria

A Farayibi, S Asongu - 2020 - mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de
The Covid-19 pandemic has generated shocks that have caused economic fluctuations
globally, calling for an understanding of the behaviour of macroeconomic variables. This …

Using time-use diaries to track changing behavior across successive stages of COVID-19 social restrictions

O Sullivan, J Gershuny, A Sevilla… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
How did people change their behavior over the different phases of the UK COVID-19
restrictions, and how did these changes affect their risk of being exposed to infection? Time …

A new perspective from time use research on the effects of social restrictions on COVID-19 behavioral infection risk

J Gershuny, O Sullivan, A Sevilla, M Vega-Rapun… - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
We present findings from three waves of a population-representative, UK time-use diary
survey conducted both pre-and in real time during full 'lockdown', and again following the …

The COVID-19 pandemic: Theoretical and practical perspectives on children, women and sex trafficking

SA Asongu, UM Usman - Health care for women international, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
We provide theoretical and practical perspectives on children, women, and sex trafficking
during the COVID-19 pandemic. Process tracing is employed as a primary research …

Covid-19 and Cacophony of coughing: Did International commodity Prices catch influenza?

HC Ezeaku, S Asongu - 2020 - econstor.eu
The Covid-19 outbreak has led to extensive declines in international commodity prices. The
outbreak as well as measures fashioned to contain it has been weighing down on global …

HEALTH VULNERABILITY VERSUS ECONOMIC RESILIENCE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: Global Evidence

SA Asongu*, S Diop, J Nnanna - World Affairs, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
The purpose of this study is to understand how countries have leveraged on their economic
resilience to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The focus is on a global sample of 150 countries …