This study uses a dynamic system GMM model and panel data of 30 Sub-Saharan African
(SSA) countries from 1976 to 2010 to investigate the impact of international financial …

Since gaining political independence in the 1950s, science has rapidly become a
prerequisite for national development within many African nations. Supported by …

A substantial body of literature suggests that financial market development plays a
significant role in economic growth through fostering savings mobilization, easing risk …

Most of the literature on technology transfers (TTs) has tended to focus on a country or
regional level without looking at the cross-continent flows of knowledge that are becoming …

Purpose–This paper aims to use the newly developed panel data cointegration analysis and
the dynamic time series modeling approach to examine the linkages between financial …

China's government launched the Western Region Development Strategy in 2000 with the
aim of boosting economic development in 12 provinces, municipalities and autonomous …

This thesis aims to investigate and study a variety of dimensions of the relationship between
foreign direct investment (FDI), domestic investment (DI) and economic growth in the host …

Africa is a continent with specific problems differentiating this part of the world from other
regions. Low economic performance ranks most of African countries among the poorest. On …

The aim of this study is to determine the role that innovation plays in economic development
and how an economic environment can be created that is conducive to innovation. The …

The paper attempts to analyse the conditional β‐convergence and its sources for 32 A frican
countries over the period 1960‐2008. The augmented Solow model with both gross …