scholarly journals Mobile phones in the diffusion of knowledge and persistence in inclusive human development in Sub-Saharan Africa

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 289-302 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simplice Asongu ◽  
Jacinta C. Nwachukwu
Keyword(s):  
Human Development ◽  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Knowledge Economy ◽  
Common Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge Diffusion ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Inclusive Development ◽  
Development Agenda ◽  
Sub Saharan

The success of inclusive development strategies in the post-2015 sustainable development agenda depends substantially on the adoption of common inclusive development policies among nations. Building on the relevance of a knowledge economy in the post-2015 development agenda, this study models the feasibility of common policies for inclusive human development in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). More specifically, we investigate the complementary role of knowledge diffusion in the inclusive benefits of mobile phone penetration in SSA from 2000 to 2012 by employing the Generalised Method of Moments. Knowledge diffusion variables include educational quality, innovation and Internet penetration. The main finding is that inclusive human development is persistently conditional on mobile phones in knowledge diffusion. Moreover, countries with low levels of inclusive human development are catching-up their counterparts with higher development. Policy implications are discussed with particular emphasis on how to leverage common knowledge economy initiatives for inclusive development.

scholarly journals Governance, CO2 emissions and inclusive human development in sub-Saharan Africa

2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simplice A Asongu ◽  
Nicholas M Odhiambo
Keyword(s):  
Human Development ◽  
Environmental Degradation ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Inclusive Development ◽  
Institutional Governance ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Sub Saharan

This study investigates the relevance of government quality in moderating the incidence of environmental degradation on inclusive human development in 44 sub-Saharan African countries for the period 2000–2012. Environmental degradation is measured with CO2 emissions and the governance dynamics include: political stability, voice and accountability, government effectiveness, regulation quality, the rule of law and corruption-control. The empirical evidence is based on the generalised method of moments. Regulation quality modulates CO2 emissions to exert a net negative effect on inclusive development. Institutional governance (consisting of corruption-control and the rule of law) modulates CO2 emissions to also exert a net negative effect on inclusive human development. Fortunately, the corresponding interactive effects are positive, which indicates that good governance needs to be enhanced to achieve positive net effects. A policy threshold of institutional governance at which institutional governance completely dampens the unfavourable effect of CO2 emissions on inclusive human development is established. Other policy implications are discussed.

scholarly journals Inclusive human development in sub-Saharan Africa

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-200
Author(s):  
Simplice Asongu ◽  
Joseph Nnanna
Keyword(s):  
Human Development ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Inclusive Development ◽  
Economic Governance ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Income Levels ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Political Governance

Purpose This study aims to assess the role of income levels (low and middle) in modulating governance (political and economic) to influence inclusive human development. Design/methodology/approach The empirical evidence is based on interactive quantile regressions and 49 countries in sub-Saharan Africa for the period 2000-2002. Findings The following main findings are established. Firstly, low income modulates governance (economic and political) to positively affect inclusive human development exclusively in countries with above-median levels of inclusive human development. It follows that countries with averagely higher levels of inclusive human development are more likely to benefit from the relevance of income levels in influencing governance for inclusive development. Secondly, the importance of middle income in modulating political governance to positively affect inclusive human development is apparent exclusively in the median while the relevance of middle income in moderating economic governance to positively influence inclusive human development is significantly apparent in the 10th and 75th quantiles. Thirdly, regardless of panels, income levels modulate economic governance to affect inclusive human development at a higher magnitude, compared to political governance. Policy implications are discussed in light of the post-2015 agenda of sustainable development goals and contemporary development paradigms. Originality/value This study complements the extant sparse literature on inclusive human development in Africa.

scholarly journals Doing business and inclusive human development in Sub-Saharan Africa

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simplice Asongu ◽  
Nicholas Odhiambo
Keyword(s):  
Human Development ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Inclusive Development ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Doing Business ◽  
Development Agenda ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Time Required

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine how doing business affects inclusive human development in 48 Sub-Saharan Africa for the period 2000–2012.Design/methodology/approachThe measurement of inclusive human development encompasses both absolute pro-poor and relative pro-poor concepts of inclusive development. Three doing business variables are used, namely: the number of start-up procedures required to register a business, time required to start a business, and time to prepare and pay taxes. The empirical evidence is based on fixed effects and generalised method of moments regressions.FindingsThe findings show that increasing constraints to the doing of business have a negative effect on inclusive human development.Originality/valueThe study is timely and very relevant to the post-2015 Sustainable Development Agenda for two fundamental reasons: first, exclusive development is a critical policy syndrome in Africa because about 50 per cent of countries in the continent did not attain the Millennium Development Goal extreme poverty target despite enjoying more than two decades of growth resurgence. Second, growth in Africa is primarily driven by large extractive industries and with the population of the continent expected to double in about 30 years, scholarship on entrepreneurship for inclusive development is very welcome. This is essentially because studies have shown that the increase in unemployment (resulting from the underlying demographic change) would be accommodated by the private sector, not the public sector.

scholarly journals Boosting Quality Education with Inclusive Human Development: Empirical Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-151
Author(s):  
Simplice A. Asongu ◽  
Nicholas M. Odhiambo
Keyword(s):  
Human Development ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
Quality Education ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Education Quality ◽  
Outcome Variable ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Sub Saharan

This study examines the importance of inclusive human development in promoting education quality in a panel of 49 sub-Saharan African countries for the period 2000–2012. The empirical evidence is based on ordinary least squares (OLS), fixed effects (FE), and quantile regression (QR) estimations. It is apparent from the OLS and FE findings that inclusive human development has a negative effect on the outcome variable. This negative effect implies that inclusive human development improves education quality. This result should be understood in the light of the fact that the adopted education variable is a negative economic signal given that it is computed as the ratio of pupils to teachers. Therefore, a higher ratio reflects diminishing education quality. From QR, with the exception of the highest quantile, the tendency of inclusive human development in reducing poor quality education is consistent throughout the conditional distribution of poor education quality. Policy implications are discussed.

Human Development Paradigm for South Asia

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
South Asia ◽  
Human Development ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Health And Nutrition ◽  
The People ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Development Paradigm

In the chapter, Haq gives a snapshot of the human progress of South Asia, comparing it with other regions. He was worried about the region beginning to lag behind all other regions, including Sub-Saharan Africa. He highlights the role of the two largest economies in the region, India and Pakistan, in financing the major investment in education, health and nutrition for the people. Haq advocates some fiscal and monetary reforms are suggested to invest in human development.

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