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Working Papers

2024

1. Asymmetric Response of Poverty to Growth and Inequality in South Africa: Implications for Current and Future Shocks
   Working Papers, African Economic Research Consortium
   See also Journal Article Asymmetric Response of Poverty to Growth and Inequality in South Africa: Implications for Current and Future Shocks, Journal of African Economies, Centre for the Study of African Economies (2024) (2024)
2. Impact sur la Securite Alimentaire de lAfrique du Sud et du Mozambique des Chocs Commerciaux Lies aux Importations des Denrees Alimentaires et dIntrants Agricoles de la RegionRussie-Ukraine: Exploration du Potentiel du Corridor de Maputo, de la Sadc et du Reste de lAfrique
   Working Papers, African Economic Research Consortium
3. Reponse Asymetrique de la Pauvrete a la Croissance et a l'Inegalite en Afrique du Sud: Implications pour les Chocs Actuels et Futurs
   Working Papers, African Economic Research Consortium
4. Seloigner et se Rapprocher: Lhistoire Dune Afrique du Sud en Pleine Croissance
   Working Papers, African Economic Research Consortium

2023

5. Governance in the exploration of global and regional determinants of ICT development
   Working Papers, European Xtramile Centre of African Studies (EXCAS)
   Also in Working Papers of the African Governance and Development Institute., African Governance and Development Institute. (2023)

2022

6. Climate Change and Economic Development in Africa
   Working Papers, African Economic Research Consortium

2021

7. Analysis of convergence in transport infrastructure: A global evidence
   Working Papers, University of South Africa, Department of Economics View citations (7)
   Also in Working Papers, African Economic and Social Research Institute (AESRI)

2019

8. The impact of agriculture trade liberalisation on agricultural total factor Productivity Growth in Africa
   2019 Sixth International Conference, September 23-26, 2019, Abuja, Nigeria, African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE)

2018

9. Binding constraints of economic growth on poverty: A dynamic panel data analysis
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)

2011

10. Production, Inequality and Poverty linkages in South Africa
    ERSA Working Paper Series, Economic Research Southern Africa

Journal Articles

2026

1. Fourth Industrial Revolution Technologies and Sectoral Output in South Africa
   Journal of the Knowledge Economy, 2026, 17, (3), 7456-7493

2025

2. After the Johannesburg II Declaration, What Next for Ecological Sustainability in BRICS? Perspectives on Green Innovations and Green Transitions
   Sustainable Development, 2025, 33, (3), 4348-4365
3. Geopolitical Tensions, Policy Uncertainties, and Human Misery in Developing Countries: Exploring Sustainable Development Paths in 17 Emerging Economies
   Journal of International Commerce, Economics and Policy (JICEP), 2025, 16, (02), 1-24
4. How sustainable is the ecological environment in resource-rich African countries in the face of profound resource depletion, energy poverty, and modernization?
   Energy Economics, 2025, 151, (C)
5. On the Path to Green Economy: Can Green Foreign Direct Investment Accelerate the Success of Climate Action?
   Sustainable Development, 2025, 33, (6), 9372-9384
6. Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditure in Sub Saharan Africa: The Role of Government and External Health Expenditures
   Economies, 2025, 13, (5), 1-21
7. Persistent Income Inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Role of Institution Index and Effective VAT
   Economies, 2025, 13, (3), 1-22 View citations (1)
8. The Impact of Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditure and Public Health Expenditure on Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa
   Economies, 2025, 13, (5), 1-25
9. The Nexus Between ICT Diffusion, Financial Development, Industrialization and Economic Growth: Evidence from Sub-Saharan African Countries
   Journal of African Business, 2025, 26, (2), 454-478

2024

10. A question for sustainable development goal 10: How relevant is innovation patenting receipts to income distributions?
    Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2024, 206, (C) View citations (1)
11. A roadmap to a green economy in South Africa: modelling technological innovation and energy consumption in the novel dynamic ARDL simulations framework
    Cogent Economics & Finance, 2024, 12, (1), 2295191 View citations (1)
12. Asymmetric Response of Poverty to Growth and Inequality in South Africa: Implications for Current and Future Shocks
    Journal of African Economies, 2024, 33, (Supplement_1), 30-53
    See also Working Paper Asymmetric Response of Poverty to Growth and Inequality in South Africa: Implications for Current and Future Shocks, Working Papers (2024) (2024)
13. Dynamic interactions of green innovations, green transitions and ecological load capacity factor in BRICS
    Renewable Energy, 2024, 231, (C) View citations (10)
14. Gender Inequality and Economic Growth in Developing Countries
    Economia Internazionale / International Economics, 2024, 77, (3), 371-416
15. Globalization — Inequality Nexus in the US and UK: A Multi-Dimensional Perspective
    Annals of Financial Economics (AFE), 2024, 19, (01), 1-24 View citations (1)
16. Green environments reimagined through the lens of green finance, green innovations, green taxation, and green energies. Wavelet quantile correlation and rolling window-based quantile causality perspective
    Renewable Energy, 2024, 228, (C)
17. Health outcome convergence and the roles of public health financing and governance in Africa
    PLOS ONE, 2024, 19, (10), 1-31 View citations (1)
18. Inequality of Value and Gender (dis)Empowerment along the Horticultural Value Chain in Malawi: The Role of Supermarkets and other Big Players
    Economia Internazionale / International Economics, 2024, 77, (4), 607-660
19. Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Growth and Development in Developing Regions: Evidence from a Comparative Analysis and a New Approach
    Journal of the Knowledge Economy, 2024, 15, (3), 14700-14748 View citations (2)
20. Macroeconomic determinants of poverty in South Africa: the role of investments in artificial intelligence
    Access Journal, 2024, 5, (2), 288-305 View citations (5)
21. Personal income tax, redistribution and income inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa
    International Review of Economics, 2024, 71, (2), 205-223 View citations (1)
22. The impact of antiretroviral treatment on the relationship between HIV/AIDS and economic growth
    Economic Analysis and Policy, 2024, 81, (C), 368-387 View citations (2)
23. Threshold Analysis of the Stock Market Capitalization and Monetary Policy in South Africa: The Role of Investment in Artificial Intelligence
    International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues, 2024, 14, (5), 18-25

2023

24. Health outcome convergence in Africa: the roles of immunization and public health spending
    Health Economics Review, 2023, 13, (1), 1-17 View citations (7)
25. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES, INCLUSIVEÂ FINANCE AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN AFRICA: A GENDER-SPECIFIC PERSPECTIVE
    Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship (JDE), 2023, 28, (04), 1-22 View citations (1)
26. Income Redistributive Propensities of Self-Employment, ICT and Remittances: Panel Quantile Regression with Nonadditive Fixed Effects Perspective
    Journal of International Commerce, Economics and Policy (JICEP), 2023, 14, (03), 1-24 View citations (1)
27. The Effect of Transnet's Capital Expenditure and Investment in Various other Selected Sectors of the South African Economy
    Economia Internazionale / International Economics, 2023, 76, (1), 65-90
28. The impact of freight infrastructure investment on employment in South Africa
    Development Southern Africa, 2023, 40, (1), 133-151 View citations (1)
29. The relationship between education and vulnerability to poverty in South Africa
    Economic Change and Restructuring, 2023, 56, (1), 633-656 View citations (4)
30. Upholding the green agenda of COP27 through publicly funded R&D on energy efficiencies, renewables, nuclear and power storage technologies
    Technology in Society, 2023, 75, (C) View citations (14)

2022

31. Agricultural trade liberalisation, agricultural total factor productivity growth and food security in Africa
    Agrekon, 2022, 61, (3), 292-313 View citations (3)
    Also in Agrekon, 2022, 61, (3) (2022) View citations (2)
32. Disaggregating the environmental effects of renewable and non-renewable energy consumption in South Africa: fresh evidence from the novel dynamic ARDL simulations approach
    Economic Change and Restructuring, 2022, 55, (3), 1767-1814 View citations (25)
33. Dynamic ARDL Simulations Effects of Fiscal Decentralization, Green Technological Innovation, Trade Openness, and Institutional Quality on Environmental Sustainability: Evidence from South Africa
    Sustainability, 2022, 14, (16), 1-35 View citations (24)
34. Dynamic Relationships between Seafood Exports, Exchange Rate and Industrial Upgrading
    Sustainability, 2022, 14, (13), 1-16 View citations (1)
35. Employment impact of national, provincial and local government capital in South Africa: An aggregate and sectoral perspective
    Cogent Economics & Finance, 2022, 10, (1), 2046322 View citations (1)
36. Forecasting the Economic Growth Impacts of Climate Change in South Africa in the 2030 and 2050 Horizons
    Sustainability, 2022, 14, (14), 1-18
37. ICT Diffusion, Industrialisation and Economic Growth Nexus: an International Cross-country Analysis
    Journal of the Knowledge Economy, 2022, 13, (3), 2030-2069 View citations (18)
38. Nexus between defence spending, economic growth and development: evidence from a disaggregated panel data analysis
    Economic Change and Restructuring, 2022, 55, (1), 109-151 View citations (2)
39. Nexus between telecommunication infrastructures, defence and economic growth: a global evidence
    Netnomics, 2022, 22, (2), 139-177 View citations (2)
    Also in Netnomics, 2021, 22, (2), 139-177 (2021) View citations (1)
40. The Impact of Climate Change on Gender Inequality in the Labour Market: A Case Study of South Africa
    Sustainability, 2022, 14, (20), 1-28 View citations (2)
41. The Impact of Commodity Price Shocks on Banking System Stability in Developing Countries
    Economies, 2022, 10, (4), 1-23 View citations (4)
42. The role of technological innovation in fostering environmental quality in South Africa: Fresh evidence from the novel dynamic ARDL simulations approach
    ECONOMICS AND POLICY OF ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT, 2022, 2022/2, (2), 107-155

2021

43. Income distribution and total factor productivity: a cross-country panel cointegration analysis
    International Economics and Economic Policy, 2021, 18, (4), 661-698 View citations (8)
44. The asymmetric effect of trade openness on economic growth in South Africa: a nonlinear ARDL approach
    Economic Change and Restructuring, 2021, 54, (2), 491-540 View citations (30)
45. What lessons can Africa learn from the social determinants of COVID‐19 spread, to better prepare for the current and future pandemics in the continent?
    African Development Review, 2021, 33, (S1), S45-S59

2020

46. A Dynamic Analysis of Maternal Fertility Choices and Child Health in South Africa
    Journal of Developing Areas, 2020, 54, (3), 131-143
47. Comparative Effects of Foreign Direct Investment from China and Other Sources on Africa’s Economic Growth
    Margin: The Journal of Applied Economic Research, 2020, 14, (4), 382-408 View citations (2)
48. Convergence in military expenditure and economic growth in Africa and its regional economic communities: evidence from a club clustering algorithm
    Cogent Economics & Finance, 2020, 8, (1), 1832344 View citations (10)
49. Empirical Analysis of Military Expenditure and Industrialisation Nexus: A Regional Approach for Africa
    International Economic Journal, 2020, 34, (1), 58-84 View citations (4)
50. Foreign Direct Investment, Human Capital and Economic Growth in Africa: A Panel Threshold Regression Approach
    Eurasian Journal of Economics and Finance, 2020, 8, (2), 115-129 View citations (1)
51. Military expenditure and security outcome convergence in African regional economic communities: evidence from the convergence club algorithm
    Peace Economics, Peace Science, and Public Policy, 2020, 26, (1), 28 View citations (9)
52. The Impact of Agricultural Trade Liberalization on Agricultural Total Factor Productivity Growth in Africa
    International Economic Journal, 2020, 34, (4), 571-598 View citations (12)
53. Trade liberalization and the geography of industries in South Africa: fresh evidence from a new measure
    International Journal of Urban Sciences, 2020, 24, (3), 354-396 View citations (13)

2019

54. A cross-regional analysis of military expenditure, state fragility and economic growth in Africa
    Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, 2019, 53, (6), 2885-2915 View citations (22)
55. Maternal education and child health outcomes in South Africa: A panel data analysis
    Development Southern Africa, 2019, 36, (1), 33-49 View citations (2)
56. Military expenditure and economic growth: evidence from a heterogeneous panel of African countries
    Economic Research-Ekonomska Istraživanja, 2019, 32, (1), 3586-3606 View citations (15)
57. Supplementary Trade Benefits of Multi-Memberships in African Regional Trade Agreements
    Journal of African Business, 2019, 20, (4), 505-524 View citations (14)
58. The Impact of China's Fdi and Fdi From Other Sources on Growth in Sub-Sahara Africa Through Export Upgrading
    Studies in Economics and Econometrics, 2019, 43, (3), 1-30

2018

59. African Regional Trade Agreements and Intra-African Trade
    Journal of Economic Integration, 2018, 33, (1), 1176-1199 View citations (31)

2014

60. International trade and agricultural production: Evidence from the Southern African Development Community sub-region
    Development Southern Africa, 2014, 31, (3), 494-514 View citations (2)

2012

61. Long Life and Productivity in South Africa: Long Burdensome or Long Healthy?
    African Development Review, 2012, 24, (4), 371-387 View citations (3)
    Also in African Development Review, 2012, 24, (4), 371-387 (2012) View citations (1)

2011

62. Exploring the Impact of Energy Sources on Production, Inequality and Poverty in Simultaneous Equations Models for South Africa
    African Development Review, 2011, 23, (3), 335-351 View citations (11)

2010

63. Inequality and agricultural production: Evidence from aggregate agriculture and sugarcane farms in South Africa
    African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2010, 05, (2), 19

Chapters

2026

1. Structuralization for Industrialization and Agric–Industry Linkage in Nigeria: An Empirical Approach
   Springer