PUBLICATIONS

@unpublished{Asonguu,
author = {Elda Okolo-Obasi N Simplice A. Asongu Joseph I. Uduji},
url = {http://www.afridev.org/RePEc/agd/agd-wpaper/Drivers-and-persistence-of-death-in-conflicts.pdf},
year = {2020},
date = {2020-09-14},
abstract = {We investigate persistence and determinants of deaths from conflicts in a sample of 163 countries for the period 2010 to 2015. The empirical evidence is based on Generalised Method of Moments. First, the findings are contingent on income levels, religious-domination, landlockedness, regional proximity and legal origins. The persistence of deaths in internal conflict is more apparent in coastal, French civil-law and Islam-oriented countries, compared to landlocked, English common law, Christian-oriented countries, respectively. Second, the following factors are generally responsible for driving deaths from internal conflicts: homicides, conflict intensity and conflicts fought. Furthermore, incarcerations have negative effects on internal conflicts. Justifications for the established tendencies and policy implications are discussed.},
keywords = {War; Conflicts; Global evidence},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {unpublished}
}

@unpublished{Asonguz,
author = {Simplice Asongu Vanessa Tchamyou A S Asongu Acha-Anyi Paul N. Acha-Anyi},
url = {http://www.afridev.org/RePEc/agd/agd-wpaper/Social-media-for-health-promotion.pdf},
year = {2020},
date = {2020-09-08},
abstract = {Health promotion is an educational tool that can be used to educate and create awareness of health issues through various media forms. The purpose of this study was to explore the use of social media (TB Proof South Africa‘s Facebook page) in creating tuberculosis (TB) awareness. A qualitative case study approach was used to collect data from TB Proof South Africa‘s Facebook page. An in-depth visual analysis of TB Proof South Africa’s Facebook page was carried out over a five-month period (from 1 February to 30 June 2017). The analysis of TB Proof South Africa‘s Facebook page was conducted in order to determine the use of social media for health promotion. Such a comprehensive analysis was aimed at determining if the visuals on this page create awareness on TB as an illness. Common themes were identified including, TB medication, TB patients and healthcare workers raising awareness on TB. The findings have potential implications for health promotion efforts using social media.},
keywords = {Health promotion, Social media},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {unpublished}
}

@unpublished{Asonguy,
author = {Joseph Nnanna Mohamed Haffar Simplice A. Asongu Mushfiqur Rahman},
url = {http://www.afridev.org/RePEc/agd/agd-wpaper/Enhancing-Information-Technology-for-Economic-Value-Added.pdf},
year = {2020},
date = {2020-09-08},
abstract = {This study investigates how enhancing information and communication technology (ICT) affects value added across sectors in 25 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa using data for the period 1980-2014. The empirical evidence is based on the Generalised Method of Moments. The following findings are established. First, the enhancement of mobile phone and internet penetrations respectively have net negative effects on value added to the agricultural and manufacturing sectors.Second, enhancing ICT (i.e. mobile phone penetration and internet penetration) overwhelmingly has positive net effects on value added to the service sector. From an extended analysis, enhancing ICT in the agricultural and manufacturing sectors should exceed certain thresholds for value added, notably: 114.375 of mobile phone penetration per 100 people for added value in the agricultural sector and 22.625 of internet penetration per 100 people for added value in the manufacturing sector.},
keywords = {Economic Output; ICT; Africa},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {unpublished}
}

@unpublished{Asongux,
author = {Olatunde Omokanmi Serifat Onayemi J O Ibrahim A. Adekunle Tolulope O. Williams},
url = {http://www.afridev.org/RePEc/agd/agd-wpaper/Mediating-roles-of-institutions-in-the-remittance-growth-relationship.pdf},
year = {2020},
date = {2020-09-08},
abstract = {In this study, we examine the mediating roles of institutions in the remittances growth relationship for some reasons. We found that no country-specific study has towed this line leaving a vacuum in the literature of development and international finance. Most studies along this dimension have been done as a continental panel study with significant attendant deficiencies. Heterogeneous nature of institutional arrangements in African nations makes findings on the moderation roles of institutions in the remittance-growth relationship regional specific. We rely on the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) estimation procedure to establish a clear line of thought on the interactions of the variables of interest. Short-run results revealed that remittances inflow positively influence growth, but when institutional factors interact with the remittances variables, only the regulatory quality measures from the product of interactions matters for growth. Nonetheless, long run results revealed that remittances inflow was negatively related with growth, but when interacted with institutional measures and regressed on growth outcomes, we found remittances to positively and statistically influence growth outcomes for all the institutional measures adopted. Therefore, recipient nations should improve on the design and enforcement of laws particularly about their regulatory quality and as well as quality assurance such that they could be positioned to attract increased remittances inflow as well as other sources of external financing needed to augment domestic productivity and growth.},
keywords = {Economic growth, remittances},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {unpublished}
}

@unpublished{Asonguw,
author = {John Kuada},
url = {http://www.afridev.org/RePEc/agd/agd-wpaper/Culture-and-economic-development-in-Africa.pdf},
year = {2020},
date = {2020-09-08},
abstract = {This paper forwards the view that some aspects of African culture enhance economic development on the continent while other aspects tend to constrain development. By drawing on the extant literature on culture and development, the paper discusses the manner in which economic activities are organised in Sub-Saharan African countries and the impact of these processes on their overall development. We argue that insight into the development-constraining attributes of African culture will help policymakers and business people design policies and strategies that will improve the overall performance of African economies.},
keywords = {Africa, Culture},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {unpublished}
}