... Socio-economic development Institutions Governance quality G21 M15 R28 Following these argumentations, development could be argued to be measured by looking beyond growth in output and its variant forms that have dominated the literature to include a broad range of factors that include...

...Traore Awa; Dieng Abdou Khadre Purpose The main objective of this paper is to examine how short- and long-term dynamics can be promoted through economic growth policies, financial inclusion initiatives, institutions and ICT infrastructure development. The study focuses on West African Economic...

... an in-depth case study analysis via in-depth interviews of relevant stakeholders to validate the information from secondary sources. Findings The study observes that the nature of leadership, socio-cultural imperatives, economic structure and policy and the role of domestic institutional players...

... elements which tend to frustrate new business entrants as well as existing ones. Originality/value With the aid of a framework, this study conceptualizes a comprehensive framework to analyze how SMEs either flourish or fail in developing countries. Entrepreneurship SMEs Regulations Institutions...

...Olumide Olaoye; Olatunji Afolabi Purpose This paper investigates whether institutional environment influences the relationship government spending and economic growth in ECOWAS over the period 2008–2017. Design/methodology/approach The study adopts the recently developed panel vector...

...John Bosco Nnyanzi Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the macro-economic and institutional drivers of remittance inflows to Africa. Design/methodology/approach The paper uses an enhanced gravity model in a random effects framework to test two hypotheses dominant in literature...