@article{Asongu,2018,
title = {The Right to Life: Global Evidence on the Role of Security Officers and the Police in Modulating the Effect of Insecurity on Homicide},
author = {Simplice A. Asongu, Jacinta C. Nwachukwu, Chris Pyke},
url = {https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11205-018-1992-2},
doi = {10.1007/s11205-018-1992-2},
year = {2018},
date = {2018-09-18},
journal = {Social Indicators Research},
abstract = {The study investigates the role of security officers and the police in dampening the effect of insecurity on homicides. Insecurity dynamics are measured in terms of access to weapons, violent crime, perception of criminality and political instability. The geographical and temporal scopes are respectively 163 countries and 2010-2015. The empirical evidence is based on Negative Binomial regressions. Three main findings are established. First, security officers and the police significantly lessen the effect of political instability and perception of criminality on homicides. Second, an extended analysis with thresholds suggest that a maximum deployment of security officers and the police is required in order to completely cancel out the impact of both insecurity dynamics on homicides. The concept of threshold represents the critical mass at which the negative conditional effect from the interaction between security officers and the police completely dampens the effect of insecurity dynamics on homicides. Third, the use of security officers and the police is a necessary but not a sufficient condition for the complete eradication of insecurity-related homicides. Policy implications are discussed. },
keywords = {Homicides; Global evidence; security},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}

@article{Asongu,2018,
title = {Dollarization and the “Unbundling” of Globalization in sub-Saharan Africa},
author = {Kazeem B. Ajide, Ibrahim D. Raheem, Simplice A. Asongu },
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S027553191830312X#!},
doi = {10.1016/j.ribaf.2018.09.002},
year = {2018},
date = {2018-09-18},
journal = {Research in International Business and Finance},
abstract = {This study contributes to the dollarization literature by expanding its determinants to account for different dimensions of globalization, using the widely employed KOF index of globalization. Specifically, globalization is “unbundled” into three different layers namely: economic, social and political dimensions. The study focuses on 25 sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries for the period 2001-2012. Using the Tobit regression approach, the following findings are established. First, from both economic and statistical relevance, the social and political dimensions of globalization constitute the key dollarization amplifiers, while the explanatory power of the economic component is weaker on dollarization. Second, consistent with the theoretical underpinnings, macroeconomic instabilities (such as inflation and exchange rate volatilities) have the positive expected signs. Third, the positive association between the accumulation of international reserves and dollarization is also apparent. Policy implications are discussed.},
keywords = {Dollarization; Globalization; sub-Saharan Africa; Tobit regression},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}

@unpublished{Asongu,2018,
title = {ICT in Reducing Information Asymmetry for Financial Sector Competition },
author = {Simplice A. Asongu, Joseph O. Nnanna },
url = {http://www.afridev.org/RePEc/agd/agd-wpaper/ICT-in-Reducing-Information-Asymmetry-for-Financial-Sector-Competition.pdf},
year = {2018},
date = {2018-09-09},
abstract = {In this study, we examine the role of information and communication technology in complementing information sharing bureaus (or private credit bureaus and public credit registries) for financial sector competition. Hitherto unexplored dimensions of financial sector competition are employed, namely: financial sector dynamics of formalization, informalization and non-formalization. The empirical evidence is based on 53 African countries for the period 2004-2011 and the Generalised Method of Moments (GMM) with forward orthogonal deviations. The findings differ across financial sectors in terms of marginal, net and threshold effects. By introducing the concept of financialization, the study unites two streams of research by: improving the macroeconomic literature on measuring financial development and responding to an evolving field of development literature by means of informal finance. Moreover, a practical method by which to disentangle the effects of reducing information asymmetry on various financial sectors is suggested. Policy implications are discussed.},
keywords = {Information sharing; Banking competition; Africa},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {unpublished}
}

@article{Asongu,2018,
title = {Human development thresholds for inclusive mobile banking in developing countries},
author = {Simplice Asongu, Nicholas Odhiambo},
url = {https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/20421338.2018.1509526},
doi = {10.1080/20421338.2018.1509526},
year = {2018},
date = {2018-09-07},
journal = {African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development},
abstract = {This study assesses human development thresholds at which mobile banking mitigates poverty and inequality in 93 developing countries for the year 2011. Mobile banking entails ‘mobile used to pay bills’ and ‘mobile used to receive/send money’, while the modifying policy indicator is the human development index (HDI). The empirical evidence is based on interactive quantile regressions. A summary of the findings shows that with increasing human development: (i) ‘mobiles used to pay bills’ contribute to reducing inequality in countries at the bottom and top ends of the inequality distribution, while (ii) ‘mobiles used to receive/send money’ have an appealing role in promoting inclusive development in all poverty distributions, with the exception of the top-end or 90th decile. The modifying thresholds of the HDI vary from 0.542 to 0.632 and 0.333 to 0.705 in inequality and poverty specifications, respectively. The relevance of the findings is discussed in light of the current transition from Millennium Development Goals to Sustainable Development Goals.},
keywords = {Inequality, Mobile banking, Poverty, quality of growth},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}

@article{Asongu,2018,
title = {Lessons from a Survey of China’s Economic Diplomacy},
author = {Asongu, S., A., Nwachukwu, J. C., Aminkeng, G. A. A},
url = {http://www.kluwerlawonline.com/abstract.php?area=Journals&id=TRAD2018034},
year = {2018},
date = {2018-09-04},
journal = {Journal of World Trade},
volume = {52},
number = {5 },
pages = {789–814 },
abstract = {Today, the West faces a considerable dilemma in their support for the Washington Consensus as a dominant approach for development because the Beijing model has grown to become an unavoidable process which can only be neglected at the cost of standing on the wrong side of economic history. The Washington Consensus, the hitherto dominant scheme, is being encroached on by the Beijing model. Many African nations are increasingly embracing this latter method because the prevailing Western model has failed to deliver on a number of objectives. This is increasingly evident because China’s economic diplomacy has been politely and strategically coined to achieve it. A case study is used herein to articulate the different strands of the survey. The article puts some structure on China’s economic diplomatic strategies and discusses lessons for Africa, China and the West. It contributes to existing literature by critically assessing why it is necessary for the West to modify the conception and definition of the Washington Consensus as a counterpart to the Beijing model. In order to remain relevant in the twenty-first century and beyond, the Washington Consensus should incorporate those ideas which are in conformity with Moyo’s (2013) conjecture. This postulates that, while the Beijing model is optimal in the short-run, the Washington Consensus remains the ideal long-term development model because it is more inclusive of the rights demanded by individuals at different income categories.},
keywords = {Economic relations; China; Africa},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}

@unpublished{Asongu,2018,
title = {Can foreign aid dampen the threat of terrorism to international trade? Evidence from 78 developing countries},
author = {Simplice A. Asongu, Ivo J. Leke },
url = {http://www.afridev.org/RePEc/agd/agd-wpaper/Can-foreign-aid-dampen-the-threat-of-terrorism-to-international-trade.pdf},
year = {2018},
date = {2018-09-03},
abstract = {The study investigates whether development assistance can be used to crowd-out the negative effect of terrorism on international trade. The empirical evidence is based on a panel of 78 developing countries for the period 1984-2008 and Quantile Regressions. The following main findings are established. First, bilateral aid significantly reduces the negative effect of transnational terrorism on trade in the top quantiles of the trade distribution. Second, multilateral aid also significantly mitigates the negative effect of terrorism dynamics on trade in the top quantiles of the trade distributions. It follows that it is primarily in countries with above median levels of international trade that development assistance can be used as an effective policy tool for dampening the adverse effects of terrorism on trade. Practical implications are discussed.},
keywords = {Exports; Foreign Aid; Terrorism; Development},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {unpublished}
}

@unpublished{Asongu,2018,
title = {The Right to Life: Global Evidence on the Role of Security Officers and the Police in Modulating the Effect of Insecurity on Homicide},
author = {Simplice A. Asongu, Jacinta C. Nwachukwu, Chris Pyke},
url = {http://www.afridev.org/RePEc/agd/agd-wpaper/The-Right-to-Life.pdf},
year = {2018},
date = {2018-09-02},
abstract = {The study investigates the role of security officers and the police in dampening the effect of insecurity on homicides. Insecurity dynamics are measured in terms of access to weapons, violent crime, perception of criminality and political instability. The geographical and temporal scopes are respectively 163 countries and 2010-2015. The empirical evidence is based on Negative Binomial regressions. Three main findings are established. First, security officers and the police significantly lessen the effect of political instability and perception of criminality on homicides. Second, an extended analysis with thresholds suggest that a maximum deployment of security officers and the police is required in order to completely cancel out the impact of both insecurity dynamics on homicides. The concept of threshold represents the critical mass at which the negative conditional effect from the interaction between security officers and the police completely dampens the effect of insecurity dynamics on homicides. Third, the use of security officers and the police is a necessary but not a sufficient condition for the complete eradication of insecurity-related homicides. Policy implications are discussed.},
keywords = {Homicides; Global evidence; security},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {unpublished}
}

@unpublished{Asongu,2018,
title = {Doing Business and Inclusive Human Development in Sub-Saharan Africa},
author = {Simplice A. Asongu, Nicholas M. Odhiambo},
url = {http://www.afridev.org/RePEc/agd/agd-wpaper/Doing-Business-and-Inclusive-Human-Development-in-Sub-Saharan-Africa.pdf},
year = {2018},
date = {2018-08-23},
abstract = {Purpose- This study examines how doing business affects inclusive human development in 48 sub-Saharan Africa for the period 2000-2012.

Design/methodology/approach- The measurement of inclusive human development encompasses both absolute pro-poor and relative pro-poor concepts of inclusive development. Three doing business variables are used, namely: the number of start-up procedures required to register a business; time required to start a business; and time to prepare and pay taxes. The empirical evidence is based on Fixed Effects and Generalised Method of Moments regressions.

Findings- The findings show that increasing constraints to the doing of business have a negative effect on inclusive human development.

Originality/value- The study is timely and very relevant to the post-2015 Sustainable Development agenda for two fundamental reasons: (i) Exclusive development is a critical policy syndrome in Africa because about 50% of countries in the continent did not attain the MDG extreme poverty target despite enjoying more than two decades of growth resurgence. (ii) Growth in Africa is primarily driven by large extractive industries and with the population of the continent expected to double in about 30 years, scholarship on entrepreneurship for inclusive development is very welcome. This is essentially because studies have shown that the increase in unemployment (resulting from the underlying demographic change) would be accommodated by the private sector, not the public sector.},
keywords = {Doing Business; Inclusive Development; Entrepreneurship; Africa},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {unpublished}
}

@unpublished{Asongu,2018,
title = {Investigating the relevance of mobile technology adoption on inclusive growth in West Africa},
author = {Jeremiah O. Ejemeyovwi, Evans S. Osabuohien},
url = {http://www.afridev.org/RePEc/agd/agd-wpaper/Investigating-the-relevance-of-mobile-technology-adoption-on-inclusive-growth.pdf},
year = {2018},
date = {2018-08-18},
abstract = {This paper empirically investigates the role of mobile technology adoption on inclusive growth in 15 West African countries with a view to ascertaining if the positive role of mobile technology adoption on human development as established in other regions holds in West Africa. It used data from World Development Indicators for the period 2004 to 2014, which was estimated with system generalised method of moments (SGMM). The SGMM results show that mobile cell subscription has a statistically insignificant effect on inclusive growth in West Africa which refutes the positive and significant role of mobile technology adoption on inclusive growth. The possible reasons for the results and recommendations are documented in the study.},
keywords = {ICT; Inclusive growth; Mobile technology; SGMM},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {unpublished}
}

@unpublished{Asongu,2018,
title = {The Mobile Phone as an Argument for Good Governance in Sub-Saharan Africa},
author = {Simplice A. Asongu, Sara le Roux, Jacinta Nwachukwu, Chris Pyke },
url = {http://www.afridev.org/RePEc/agd/agd-wpaper/The-Mobile-Phone-as-an-Argument-for-Good-Governance-in-Sub-Saharan-Africa.pdf},
year = {2018},
date = {2018-08-18},
abstract = {Purpose- This study presents theoretical and empirical arguments for the role of mobile telephony in promoting good governance in 47 sub-Saharan African countries for the period 2000-2012.

Design/methodology/approach- The empirical inquiry uses an endogeneity-robust GMM approach with forward orthogonal deviations to analyse the linkage between mobile phone usage and the variation in three broad governance categories — political, economic and institutional.

Findings- Three key findings are established: First, in terms of individual governance indicators, mobile phones consistently stimulated good governance by the same magnitude, with the exception of the effect on the regulation component of economic governance. Second, when indicators are combined, the effect of mobile phones on general governance is three times higher than that on the institutional governance category. Third, countries with lower levels of governance indicators are catching-up with their counterparts with more advanced dynamics.

Originality/value- The study makes both theoretical and empirical contributions by highlighting the importance of various combinations of governance indicators and their responsiveness to mobile phone usage.},
keywords = {comparative study, ICT, IT diffusion and adoption},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {unpublished}
}