...Thembeka Sibahle Ngcobo; Lindokuhle Talent Zungu; Nomusa Yolanda Nkomo Purpose This study aims to test the dynamic impact of public debt and economic growth on newly democratized African countries (South Africa and Namibia) and compare the findings with those of newly democratized European...

...Elvis Dze Achuo; Nathanael Ojong Purpose This study aims to examine the effects of energy transition on pollution emissions in Africa. In addition, it explores the indirect channels through which energy consumption impacts environmental quality. Design/methodology/approach The study uses...

... 10 03 2023 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2023 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Economic growth Foreign direct investment (FDI) Africa Diversification Exports Many African countries suffer from slow chronic growth and lack the ability to structurally...

... is motivated to offer empirical insight into how income inequality and shadow economy influence the environment in African countries. Design/methodology/approach Data from 29 countries in Africa between 2000 and 2017 were used, while the novel method of moments quantile regression of Machado and Silva...

... entrepreneurship in Africa. Second, there is no evidence of nonlinear relationship between economic complexity and entrepreneurship for the case of African nations. The positive impact of economic complexity on entrepreneurship is persistent across all quantiles in the analysis. The empirical analysis suggests...

... implication of the findings of this paper is that donor countries and agencies should consider the philosophy of the government in power while granting aid to recipient countries, especially in Africa. The results are robust to different proxies and models. Vincent Konadu Tawiah can be contacted...

...Muftau Olaiya Olarinde; Zakari Abdullahi Yahaya Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the role of institutions and policies on growth convergence in Africa. Design/methodology/approach This study uses different methods of panel modelling on a panel of 50 African Countries covering...

...@afridev.org © Emerald Publishing Limited 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Africa Governance Globalization F10 F30 I30 O10 O55 This study assesses the effect of globalisation on governance by taking into consideration different dimensions...

... for Africa. Through the evaluation of the contribution of TICAD, which is the pioneer for this kind of forum, this paper sets out essential elements to be considered by researchers and policymakers for the development of Africa. Faith Hatani can be contacted at: faith.hatani@manchester.ac.uk 30...

...., 2003 ; Asongu, 2011f, g). Asongu Simplice can be contacted at: asongusimplice@yahoo.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Africa Globalisation Human development Globalization has been recognized as the main force dominating the economic universe. It upholds...

... that are complex, diverging, and competing with one another. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Development Impacts Perceptions Planning Tourism Tourism development Africa Tourism is often considered to be the major industry at the world scale, contributing to about 9 percent...

... the battle against corrupt practices in Africa. It follows that instead of focusing on groups of countries with common corruption‐control measures, policy could instead target groups of countries with the same corruption‐control characteristics (high, low or average). The remainder of the paper is organized...