.... 15 03 2025 09 10 2025 24 11 2025 19 12 2025 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2026 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Africa Asian Economic growth Government expenditure Macroprudential policy Funding: This research received...

... Africa D73 I15 I18 O17 Due to the interrelatedness between health and development and the aspiration of leaving no one behind, achieving good health and well-being is a key Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 3). Accomplishing that goal requires good governance and efficient management...

... on sectoral outputs, addressing a gap in the literature on education’s role in Africa’s economic development. By identifying critical thresholds where education begins to positively impact sectoral productivity, it provides evidence for targeted policy interventions to optimize educational investments...

... Adaptation Land reform Africa This also implies that uninformed or inappropriate responses to climate change can lead to maladaptation and increased vulnerability (African Union, 2022). While developing nations contribute the least to climate change, they are often the most affected. The adaptation...

...Vanessa Tchamyou; Ofeh M. Edoh; Simplice Asongu Purpose This study investigates how gender economic inclusion affects sustainable development in Africa. Design/methodology/approach The study is focused on 42 African countries for the period 2000–2019. It argues that enhancing gender economic...

... at: joa94@hawaii.edu 06 10 2023 27 03 2024 14 06 2024 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2024 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Africa Maternal health Cognitive ability Early life interventions Free healthcare A major barrier that hinders access...

... for reforestation in this area. In principle, this is a case study informing about the values people hold for forests in Ghana and Africa, where a knowledge gap exists with respect to their socio-economic valuation. Peer review The peer review history for this article is available at: https://publons.com...

...Francis Kwaw Andoh; Emmanuel Attobrah; Alexander Opoku; Mark Kojo Armah; Isaac Dasmani Purpose The question of what level of public debt can increase inequality has become crucial in Africa. In this study, the authors examine the effect of public debt on inequality in Africa and estimate the debt...

... 30 09 2022 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2022 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Financial inclusion Economic growth Literature review Access to finance GDP GDP per capita Causality tests Regression Cointegration Africa Europe Asia Index Theory...

...Sisay Demissew Beyene Purpose The literature argues that human activities are responsible for environmental pollution and world climate change. Africa is the second-largest continent by population and its socio-economic conditions are adversely affected by climate change due to environmental...

... 11 2020 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2020 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Technological progress Innovation Employment VAR Africa Egypt A few years ago, the world entered the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution which is marked by accelerated...

... long-run results regarding the reaction of inclusive growth to positive investment shocks with the exclusion of South Africa; which, unlike its long-run finding, shows that shocks due to increases in investment can foster growth inclusiveness. Also, in respect to short-run negative investment shocks...

...Chukwuebuka Bernard Azolibe; Chidinma Emelda Nwadibe; Chidimma Maria-Gorretti Okeke Purpose Africa's population is the second largest and fastest growing in the world after Asia, and this puts African governments under great stress in terms of increased public expenditure and is faced with a low...

... IMF's International Financial Statistics, World Bank Development Indicators, Global Financial Development Database, Transparency International and International Country Risk Guide. The author uses Sarma (2008) approach to construct the FI index for 13 countries in Africa. The author applies random...

... as an institution of extraction in the longue durée. Unpacking the close association of law with the conversion of economic surpluses and power into enduring social relationships can help trace the mechanisms by which the uneven and unequal connection between Africa and the world is being negotiated...

...Abdulkareem Alhassan; Abdulhakeem Abdullahi Kilishi Purpose The primacy of institutions for economic progress has been established in the literature. Yet, less research attention is paid to the existence and persistence of weak economic institutions in Africa. Thus, the purpose of this paper...

...Richard Adjei Dwumfour; Elikplimi Komla Agbloyor; Joshua Yindenaba Abor Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine how remittances, financial development (FD), and natural resources and their different transmission channels can be used to reduce poverty in Africa. Design/methodology...

... of the most important crises facing Sub-Saharan Africa, where the realisation of food sufficiency in the region is highly correlated with poor and bad agricultural tools and methods (Idrisa et al., 2012). Most of the areas of the region of Sub-Saharan Africa cannot provide food for their needs...

...Oasis Kodila-Tedika; Asongu Simplice Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess the determinants of state fragility in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) using hitherto unexplored variables in the literature. Design/methodology/approach The previously missing dimension of nation building...

...Abdoulie Sallah Purpose The purpose of this paper is to evaluate critically the narrative that the informal economy in Africa has no place within the framework of economic development. Considered as a sign of “backwardness”, “traditionalism” and “underdevelopment”, the informal economy in Africa...