... of government expenditure’s impact on growth in newly democratized African and Asian countries from 1983 to 2023. Design/methodology/approach The methodology involves selecting the appropriate transition variable, determining whether government spending and economic growth are linear, and determining...

... of economic growth. However, the direct impact dominates the indirect one, leading to a total positive impact of COC on health. Therefore, improvement in health outcomes in the region requires a sustained commitment to tackle corruption through the existence of a strong political will to fortify fiscal...

...Rachida El Yamani; Younes El Khattab; Jihad Ait soussane Purpose This study aims to examine the moderating role of financial stability in the effect of financial inclusion on economic growth. While financial inclusion is hailed for its potential to stimulate economic growth, excessive inclusion...

...Mei-Teing Chong; Chin-Hong Puah; Chee-Siong Teh Purpose This study evaluates the role of digital infrastructure and policy initiatives in Malaysia’s economic growth, focusing on the Digital Economy Performance Indicator (DEPI) from 2017 to 2021. Design/methodology/approach Through...

... infrastructure plays a significant role in driving economic growth. We find that infrastructure development affects the non-farm sector output positively while the farm sector output remains unaffected. Research limitations/implications Due to data limitations, our study is based on 16 prominent states only...

... sector. However, some studies suggest that fiscal policy may not be an effective tool for generating economic growth. For example, Easterly and Rebelo (1994) found that public consumption has a negative impact on economic growth; nonetheless, public investment has a positive effect on growth. Afonso...

...Godwin Ahiase; Maya Sari; Denny Andriana; Nugraha Nugraha; Budi Supriatono Purnomo; Toni Heryana Purpose This study examines the moderating role of debt sustainability on the nexus between financial and economic growth in African countries. Design/methodology/approach This study utilised data...

... only Unemployment Credit Economic growth ECOWAS Legal system Inflation Domestic private credit to private sector E24 O4O O47 J64 G21 We investigate the impact of private credit expansion and contraction on the rate of unemployment in the Economic Community of West African...

...Muhammad Zubair Khan; Ismail Khan; Zeeshan Ahmed; Muhammad Sualeh Khattak; Muhammad Asim Afridi Purpose This study aims to test the Kuznets curve between economic growth and child labor, along with the influence of exports, household size and rural population in the context of Pakistan. Design...

...Sujoy Das Purpose Few empirical studies examined the relationship between life expectancy and income in India. This study aims to examine the impact of life expectancy on economic growth in India by incorporating all the major states of India. Design/methodology/approach This study is based...

...Biswajit Patra; Narayan Sethi Purpose This paper analyzes the direct effect of financial development and the mediating impact of financial development through foreign direct investment (FDI), foreign aid and trade on economic growth for all Asian countries. Design/methodology/approach A fixed...

... cointegration. Findings The results revealed that inflation impacts the financial development negatively whereas the economic growth (EG) and trade openness have a positive effect. However, the effect of inflation on financial development is not symmetric. Moreover, the findings support the demand-led...

... from National Crime Record Bureau and the Reserve Bank of India, respectively. Twenty major Indian states are selected for the study purpose for the period of 1994–2019. Fixed effect panel data technique is used for analysis purpose. Findings Property crime rate declines with economic growth, while...

...Amal Jmaii; Noomene Zaafouri Purpose This paper provides a new empirical evidence of the impact of Global security on economic growth in Tunisia. Like Buzan (1991), the framework used four types of security: army security, economic security, social security, and political security. Design...

...Simplice Asongu; Nicholas M. Odhiambo Purpose The present study investigates the nexus between health performance dynamics and economic growth in 43 countries in sub-Saharan Africa for the period 2004–2018. Design/methodology/approach Four health performance dynamics are used, notably: total...

... Limited 2023 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Consequently, this paper examines whether globalisation matters when examining the relationship between export sophistication and economic growth in countries with high and low levels of the Human Development Index [1...

...Peterson K. Ozili; Adekemi Ademiju; Semia Rachid Purpose The impact of financial inclusion on economic growth is a topic that is generating widespread interest among researchers and practitioners. In this paper, the authors review the existing literature to highlight the state of research...

... pollution. Therefore, this study investigates the relationship between human activities, the environment and the economic growth of 38 African countries from 2000 to 2018. Design/methodology/approach This study employs a simultaneous equations model called Seemingly unrelated regression. Findings...

...Md. Saiful Islam; Al Jamal Mustafa Shindaini Purpose This study examines the impact of institutional quality (INQ) and human capital creation (HCC) on economic growth (EG) linkage in Bangladesh using an ARDL approach. Design/methodology/approach This study uses time-series annual data over...

...Verena Tandrayen Ragoobur; Jason Narsoo Purpose The paper investigates into the human capital–economic growth nexus by arguing that investment in early education and health helps in achieving higher economic growth. Early investment in human capital matters most for economic growth than...