Reinventing foreign aid for inclusive and sustainable development: Kuznets, Piketty and the great policy reversal

S Asongu - Journal of Economic Surveys, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
This survey essay reviews close to 200 papers in arguing that in order to achieve
sustainable and inclusive development, foreign aid should not orient developing countries …

Enhancing ICT for environmental sustainability in sub-Saharan Africa

SA Asongu, S Le Roux, N Biekpe - Technological Forecasting and Social …, 2018 - Elsevier
This study examines how increasing ICT penetration in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) can
contribute towards environmental sustainability by decreasing CO 2 emissions. The …

Effects of income inequality and governance on energy poverty alleviation: Implications for sustainable development policy

AO Acheampong, M Shahbaz, J Dzator, Z Jiao - Utilities Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper examines the effects of income inequality and governance on access to
electricity using a panel of 43 SSA countries from 1990 to 2017. The results from the two …

The role of knowledge economy in African business

VS Tchamyou - Journal of the Knowledge Economy, 2017 - Springer
This paper assesses the role of knowledge economy (KE) in African business in 53
countries for the period 1996–2010. The four KE components of the World Bank are …

How enhancing information and communication technology has affected inequality in Africa for sustainable development: An empirical investigation

SA Asongu, NM Odhiambo - Sustainable Development, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
This study examines if enhancing information and communication technology reduces
inequality in 48 countries in Africa for the periods 2004–2014. Three inequality indictors are …

The mobile phone in the diffusion of knowledge for institutional quality in sub-Saharan Africa

SA Asongu, JC Nwachukwu - World Development, 2016 - Elsevier
This study assesses the mobile phone in the diffusion of knowledge for better governance in
Sub-Saharan Africa from 2000 to 2012. For this purpose we employ Generalised Method of …

The role of governance in mobile phones for inclusive human development in Sub-Saharan Africa

SA Asongu, JC Nwachukwu - Technovation, 2016 - Elsevier
This study assesses the synergy effects of governance in mobile phone penetration for
inclusive human development in Sub-Saharan Africa with data for the period 2000–2012. It …

The effects of FDI on economic growth in Africa

A Yimer - The Journal of International Trade & Economic …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This paper investigates the growth effects of FDI in Africa for the period 1990–2016 using a
dynamically common correlated effect approach for an error-correction model. It uses an …

Internet adoption and financial development in sub-Saharan Africa

S Owusu-Agyei, G Okafor, AM Chijoke-Mgbame… - … Forecasting and Social …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Information and communications technology (ICT) adoption, and its penetration and
use, in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) have steadily grown since the turn of the century …

ICT, financial access and gender inclusion in the formal economic sector: evidence from Africa

SA Asongu, NM Odhiambo - African Finance Journal, 2018 - journals.co.za
The study investigates the relevance of information and communication technology (ICT) in
modulating the effect of financial access on female economic participation. Female …