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Inequality thresholds, governance and gender economic inclusion in sub-Saharan Africa

2019 · International Review of Applied Economics

Inequality and gender economic exclusion are major policy concerns facing sub-Saharan Africa in the post-2015 development agenda. This paper identifies ‘thresholds’ of inequality that should not be exceeded if governance is to promote gender economic …

Drivers of Growth in Fast Emerging Economies: A Dynamic Instrumental Quantile Approach

2015 · RePEc: Research Papers in Economics

This study complements the scarce literature on growth determinants in fast emerging economies of the BRICS and MINT by assessing the determinants throughout the conditional distributions of the growth rate and real GDP output for …

The role of value added across economic sectors in modulating the effects of FDI on TFP and economic growth dynamics

2022 · International Journal of Emerging Markets

Purpose This study investigates (1) the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on total factor productivity (TFP) and economic growth dynamics and (2) the relevance of value added from three economic sectors in modulating the …

Information Technology, Inequality, and Adult Literacy in Developing Countries

2023 · Journal of the Knowledge Economy

Abstract The study assesses linkages between information technology, inequality, and adult literacy in 57 developing countries for the period 2012–2016. Income inequality is measured with the Gini coefficient while six dynamics of information technology are …

Gender economic inclusion, governance institutions and economic complexity in Africa

2024 · Sustainable Development

Abstract This study examines the effects of gender economic inclusion on economic complexity in Africa, as well as the moderating role of governance institutions on the relationship between gender inclusion and economic complexity. The analysis …