...Loc Dong Truong; Anh Thoai Ly; Khoi Dinh Nguyen Purpose This study investigates the short-term and long-term effects of official development assistance (ODA) on Vietnam's economic growth (EG). Design/methodology/approach This study employs an Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model, which...

...Mohammed Seid Hussen Purpose The main purpose of this study is to examine the impact of different dimensions of institutional quality indices on the economic growth of Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. Design/methodology/approach The study uses a panel data set of 31 SSA countries from 1991...

...Daaki Sadat Ssekibaala; Muhammad Irwan Ariffin; Jarita Duasa Purpose This study investigates the relationship between economic growth, international trade, and environmental degradation in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), focusing on the validity of the environmental Kuznets hypothesis (EKC...

... on the economic growth of BRICS individually but has a significant growth impact only in presence of host country characteristics. FDI on interacting with financial development, trade openness and human capital exerts a positive impact on the economic growth of BRICS economies, and on interacting with economic...

...Gameli Adika Purpose This paper aims to examine the role of economic integration and natural resources and foreign direct investment (FDI) complementarity in explaining economic growth in the Southern African Development Community (SADC). Design/methodology/approach The study employed...

...) It is social globalization that positively impacts gender equality in employment opportunities apart from economic growth and trade diversification; (2) Evidence of “feminization of labor force” in the context of trade diversification is found; and (3) Equal gender opportunities reflect in equalizing outcomes...

...Sohail Amjed; Iqtidar Ali Shah Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate long-run and short-run relationships between trade diversification, financial system development, capital formation and economic growth. Design/methodology/approach ARDL estimation approach is applied to analyze...

... and economic growth in the region. The paper aimed at assessing the effect of health outcome on economic growth in SSA. Design/methodology/approach Data for 41 countries from 2000 to 2018 were obtained from WDI and WGI and analyzed using system generalized method of moment (sGMM) which is appropriate...

...Ibrahim Nandom Yakubu; Aziza Hashi Abokor; Iklim Gedik Balay Purpose This study seeks to investigate the impact of financial intermediation on economic growth in Turkey using annual data spanning 1970–2017. Design/methodology/approach Based on the results of the augmented Dickey–Fuller...

...Thu-Ha Thi An; Kuo-Chun Yeh Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on economic growth contingent on the development level of the local financial system in emerging and developing Asia during the period 1996–2017. Design/methodology/approach...

...John Gartchie Gatsi; Michael Owusu Appiah Purpose The study explores the relationship among economic growth, population growth, gross savings and energy consumption over the period 1987– 2017. Design/methodology/approach The autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) bounds test approach by Pesaran...

...Arcade Ndoricimpa Purpose The purpose of this study is to seek to re-examine the threshold effects of public debt on economic growth in Africa. Design/methodology/approach This study applies panel smooth transition regression approach advanced by González et al. (2017). The method...

...Agwu Sunday Okoro; Augustine Ujunwa; Farida Umar; Angela Ukemenam Purpose This paper examines the impact of regional and non-regional trade on economic growth using annual data from Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) member countries for the period 2007 to 2017. Design...

...Friday Osemenshan Anetor Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of shocks in the various components of private capital inflows on economic growth in Nigeria using quarterly data in the period 1986Q1–2016Q4. Design/methodology/approach The study employs the impulse response...