scholarly journals The Population Factor and Economic Growth and Development in Sub-Saharan African Countries

2017 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Blessing Uchenna Mberu ◽  
Alex Chika Ezeh
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Economic Growth And Development ◽  
Sub Saharan

scholarly journals THE WHISTLEBLOWING AS A CATALYST TO SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA: A CONCEPTUAL REVIEW

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 104-115
Author(s):  
Sodiq O. Babatunde ◽  
Saheed Ademola Lateef ◽  
Wahid D. Olanipekun ◽  
Haorayau B. Babalola
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Public Institutions ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Whistle Blowing ◽  
Economic Growth And Development ◽  
Transparency International ◽  
The Public ◽  
Sustainable Economic Growth

Abstract: Whistle-blowing activities around the world have generated huge interests from concerned parties such as the financial and public service, as the aftermath of its neglect often has dilapidating effects on the sustainability of economic growth and development of the nation. This is often seen in the 3rd world nations, such as Nigeria. This study aimed to examine the existing phenomenon between whistle-blowing, economic sustainability, growth and development of Nigeria. This study adopted the Theory of Planned Behavior. However, this was a literature review study that basically draws inferences from studies in this field from different continents (i.e. Europe, America, Asia and Africa). Consequently, the objective of this study was to conceptually investigate the whistle-blowing activities in Nigeria as to how it has assisted in curbing corruption in the public space in turn and improving the economic growth and development. In furtherance, this study reviewed events in African countries with close indexation with Nigeria. Therefore, this study concludes that whistle-blowing has a direct impact on sustainable economic growth and development of Nigeria. This is evident in the Transparency International index report. Lastly, this study recommends that whistleblowing policy should be properly implemented in public institutions to achieve minimum involvement of corruption in the country and that whistleblowers should be protected to encourage disclosure of corrupt acts in the public sector. This in turn will assist in the attainment of sustainable economic growth and development. Keyword: Whistleblowing, sustainable economic growth, theory of planned behaviour

scholarly journals The Benefit of Belt and Road Initiative for Central Africa and China: A Case Study of Sub-Saharan African Countries

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 105
Author(s):  
Ines Pamela Nguembi ◽  
Zhang Yanrong ◽  
Haidar Salaheldeen Abdalla
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Important Influence ◽  
Accurate Information ◽  
Economic Data ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Sea Transport ◽  
Apparent Lack ◽  
Economic Growth And Development ◽  
Important Relationship

On a historical account, the apparent lack of documented economic data (accurate information) on the research budget and flexible schedule hinders economic growth and development. When the gravity model has been used for analysis a positive statistically important relationship has been found between transport facilities, continuity, and two-sided trade. However, the connection between transport facilities, continuity, and bilateral commerce on one hand and available documented economic data or information on another hand was missing. To determine how the availability of standard documented economic data or information squeezed economic growth and development as well as the relevance of this relationship; the authors analyzed this relationship. The BRI, Chinas’ majestic idea of an economic belt created from the old road, covers almost all routes across Asia, Europe, and Africa. In the BRI area, the development of a sea, air, and road transport link among trading partners are relevant with a big scale influence on perfecting commerce. This brings to the fore, the second-most important influence, which is a testament to the road, sea transport, and number consistency. Also, transport service quality which has an important influence on bilateral commerce was studied. Our results purposes and guidance are that a standard investment in roads; total commerce in the BRI member countries (the central African countries (CAC) included) could become more valuable. Hence, perfecting transport facilities could lead to a win-win situation with a strong influence on commerce.

Comparative analysis of costs of some selected infrastructure components across Africa

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oliver Chinganya ◽  
Abdoulaye Adam ◽  
Marc Kouakou
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Poor Quality ◽  
National Accounts ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Economic Growth And Development ◽  
Doing Business ◽  
The Poor ◽  
The Cost

The economic growth and development of a country depend on a solid infrastructure and the robustness of systems that have been put in place. Together, these constitute a nation’s “engine of growth” and include housing, water, electricity, transportation, communication, and construction. It is postulated that the cost of doing business in Africa is much higher than in other regions, largely because of the poor quality of its infrastructure and to accessibility constraints. The distribution of price levels of these economic drivers, which contribute to the cost of doing business in Africa. Price level indices (PLIs) have been calculated to provide a comparison of the cost of selected infrastructure components across African countries. The data were collected from the 2005 round of the International Comparison Program (ICP) in Africa, covering 48 out of a total of 52 countries and 22 major aggregates of the national accounts.

scholarly journals Effect of Energy Consumption on GDP Evidence from (Ten) Sub-Saharan Africa Countries

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (5) ◽  
pp. 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Maimuna Yakubu ◽  
Gylych Jelilov
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
South Africa ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Economic Growth And Development ◽  
Augmented Dickey Fuller ◽  
Causality Tests ◽  
Sub Saharan

<p>There is no uncertainty that Energy plays a very important part in economic growth and development of any country and increasing access to modernized systems of energy is vital to unlocking rapid economic and social development in sub Saharan Africa. Therefore, this paper has empirically examined the causality between energy and economic growth using a consistent data set and methodology for 10 sub-Saharan Africa countries for the period 1990-2012. By applying Augmented Dickey Fuller, co-integration and causality tests the study finds causality running from GDP to energy consumption in Nigeria, in Ghana causality runs from energy consumption to GDP, for Namibia causality runs from GDP to energy consumption but not vice versa and for Cote d’ivore causality runs from gross capital formation to GDP. And no evidence of causality found in Togo, Cameroon, Botswana, Ethiopia, South Africa and Benin.</p>

scholarly journals Impact of Illicit Financial Flow on Economic Growth and Development: Evidence from Nigeria

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 19-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amah Kalu Ogbonnaya ◽  
Okezie Stella Ogechuckwu
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Time Series Data ◽  
Series Data ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Financial Flows ◽  
Economic Growth And Development ◽  
Financial Flow ◽  
Illicit Financial Flows ◽  
The Impact

This paper assessed the impact of illicit financial flow on economic growth and development in Nigeria. Data was sourced from the statistical bulletin of the Central bank of Nigeria and Global Financial Integrity estimates of illicit financial flows. Time series data from 1980-2015 was used. The variables were tested for unit root and co-integration and were found to have a long run relationship. The results further indicated that illicit financial flows had a significant impact both on economic growth and development. The study among others recommends that government of Nigeria and indeed other African countries must lobby developed nations to adopt control so that individuals who move funds out of Nigeria into tax havens and secrecy jurisdictions can be exposed. It was also recommended that African states and indeed Nigeria, in particular, must develop customs capacity in order to fight the massive outflows of capital through illicit practices.

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