Financing Sustainable Development in Africa

Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-030-07660-3
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 454 Seiten, Previously published in hardcover, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 605 g

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Asongu, Simplice

Efobi, Uchenna R.

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Entwicklungsstudien
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Finanzsektor & Finanzdienstleistungen Internationale Finanzmärkte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Internationale Finanzmärkte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction.- 2. Financing Mechanisms African Governments Should Pursue in Financing Sustainable Development in the Next 20 Years.- 3. Financial Inclusion and Foreign Market Participation of Firms: A Quasi-experiment from Nigeria.- 4. Business Regulations and Foreign Direct Investment in Sub-Saharan Africa: Implications for Regulatory Reform.- 5. Broadening Financial Intermediation in Sub-Saharan Africa.- 6. Institutions, Fiscal Performance, and Development Trajectories in ECOWAS: Implications for Sustainability.- 7. Capital Flows and Economic Growth: Does the Role of State Fragility Really Matter for Sustainability?.- 8. Changing Patterns of the Official Development Assistance to Sub-Saharan Africa.- 9. Financing Sustainable Energy Access with Oil Revenues in Sub-Saharan Africa: Trends and Strategies.- 10. Maximizing the Gains from Natural Resources.- 11. Does the Implementation of Social Safety Net Intervention Affect Indigenous Social Capital Systems for Coping with Livelihood Shocks? Ethnographic Evidence of Agro-Pastoral Communities in Eastern Ethiopia.- 12. Issues in Sustainable Development: The Environment-Income Relationship.- 13. Micro-credit, Child Education, and Health Outcomes: A Case Study from Ghana.- 14. Financial Inclusion and Growth of Non-Farm Enterprises in Ghana.- 15. The Role of Co-operative Organizations in Tanzania’s Industrialization.- 16. The Textiles and Clothing Sector and the Industrialization of Sub-Saharan Africa. 

Über Autor(innen)

Efobi Uchenna is Faculty at the College of Business and Social Sciences, Covenant University, Nigeria. He is also a Hewlett Scholar and an Alumnus of the Brown International Advanced Research Institutes. His research interests include household decision making dynamics and development outcomes; rural institution and agricultural productivity; and governance, with a special focus on the African region. 
Asongu Simplice is the Lead Economist and Director of the African Governance and Development Institute, and a Visiting Professor at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. He is also a Research Associate at Oxford Brookes University, UK; Covenant University, Nigeria; and the University of Buea, Cameroon.