Publications (37)
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Sexual corruption, informal networks and female entrepreneurship: evidence from Burkina Faso
Doris Aja‐Eke, Robert Gillanders, Roisin Lyons, Idrissa Ouedraogo, Windkouni Haoua Eugénie Maïga, Zalissa Wanga
Sexual corruption occurs when public officials abuse their power to obtain sex or sexual favours. It is a hugely damaging yet underreported and understudied form of corruption that predominantly affects women and vulnerable people. This paper studies the impacts of sexual corruption on female entrepreneurs. It expands the literature on sexual(...)
sexual corruption, women entrepreneurs, informal networks, public sector employees, sexual harassment, digital governance, gender and corruption, Burkina Faso
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How does farmers' income diversification beyond agriculture affect food security in rural Burkina Faso?
Salamata Bougma, Zié Ballo, Eugenie Maiga
Purpose This study analyzes the effect of participation in non-farm activities (NFAs) on the food security of farming households in rural areas. These households face major challenges in increasing agricultural production and income, leading to a deterioration in their food security. Design/methodology/approach The endogenous switching model i(...)
Income diversification, Food security, Burkina Faso
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Fossil fuel subsidies and health in sub-Saharan African countries: Exploring asymmetrical effects and transmission channels
Jacques Boundioa, Souleymane Diallo
Fossil fuel subsidies have increased in developing countries, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. High and rising energy prices, as well as the volatility of internationally traded energy prices, are justifications for such an increase. However, by lowering the price of fossil fuels through subsidies, governments are encouraging consumption leve(...)
Fossil fuel subsidies, Health outcome, Asymmetric effects, Driscoll-Kraay, sub-Saharan Africa
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Déterminants socio-économiques de l’adoption des variétés améliorées d’arachide dans les régions du Plateau-Central et du Centre-Ouest au Burkina Faso
Ramatou KABORE, Silamana Barry, Windkouni Haoua Eugénie Maïga
L’objectif général de cet article est d’analyser les déterminants socio-économiquesde l’adoption des variétés améliorées d’arachide dans les régions du Plateau-Centralet du Centre-Ouest au Burkina-Faso. Pour ce faire, des données primaires ont étécollectées à partir d’un échantillon de 241 producteurs d’arachide dans les deuxrégions. Un modèle(...)
groundnut, improved varieties, technology adoption, socioeconomic factors, seed access, access to credit, farmer groups, Central Plateau
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Health sector corruption and access to healthcare in Africa
Idrissa Ouedraogo, Windkouni Haoua Eugenie Maïga, Robert Gillanders, Doris Aja-Eke
A fundamental problem faced by developing countries is corruption, which creates barriers to development. Corruption has made healthcare particularly costly or unaffordable for much of the population. We investigate the effects of corruption on access to healthcare in 34 African countries. Using Afrobarometer data collected between 2019 and 20(...)
Corruption, health sector, Africa
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Does dependence on natural resource rents reduce the quality of institutions in Africa?
Piman Alain-Raphael Bayili and Windkouni Haoua Eugenie Maïga
This study analyzes the effect of dependence on natural resources on the quality
of institutions in Africa. Three composite indices (economic, institutional, and political
governance) and the World Bank's six governance indicators are used. Based on a sample of
26 African countries whose contribution of natural resources to GDP is at least(...)
Natural resource rents Institutional quality IV-2SLS method Africa
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Analysis of migrant remittances’ effects on energy poverty in Sub-Saharan African countries: a threshold analysis through the role of structural factors
Abdoul Hadirou Yoda, Souleymane Diallo
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This study aims to analyze the effects of migrant remittances on energy poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), examining both direct effects and the critical, non-linear role played by structural factors financial development and renewable energy investment as threshold conditions. It further investigates the disparities in these effect(...)
Migrant remittances, Energy poverty, Financial development, Renewable energy investment, Sub-Saharan Africa
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The internal and transnational effects of corruption on the environment: the case of Ukraine
Zhytkova, O., Gillanders, R., & Maïga, W. H. E.
Corruption, like environmental degradation, does not respect international borders. The article explores the effects of corruption on the environment in Ukraine in recent decades. The main aim of this study is to analyse the historical record to understand the effect of domestic and foreign corruption on the environment of Ukraine. The key res(...)
Corruption, environment, Ukraine, war
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The role of non-timber forest products in reducing rural poverty in Burkina Faso
Ouedraogo, I., Maiga, E., & Esbjerg, L
Using data collected in 2023 on five hundred and thirty (530) randomly selected rural households in two regions of Burkina Faso, this research investigates the contribution of Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFP) exploitation to rural poverty reduction using two different approaches. Firstly, it considers NTFP income as an "exogenous transfer", w(...)
Non-timber forest products, poverty, rural household, Burkina Faso
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Effets de la qualité des institutions sur la diversification des exportations intrarégionales en Afrique subsaharienne
Kisito Jean de Dieu Ouédraogo, Windkouni Haoua Eugenie Maïga et M. Idrissa Ouédraogo
La présente étude a pour objectif d’évaluer les effets de la qualité des institutions sur la diversification des exportations
intra-régionales en Afrique subsaharienne. Pour ce faire, nous avons utilisé des techniques économétriques efficaces
sur des données de panel, à savoir la méthode du Pooled Mean Group (PMG) développée par Pesaran, Shi(...)
Qualité des institutions, diversification des exportations, communauté économique régionale, Pooled Mean Group, Afrique subsaharienne.
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Economic Dependence of Rural Households on Non-Timber Forest Products in Burkina Faso
Issoufou Ouédraogo, Windkouni Haoua Eugénie Maïga, Lars Esbjerg
Using data collected in 2023 from 530 randomly selected rural households in two regions of Burkina Faso, statistical analysis and Cragg (1971) model specifications, the present research analyzes the economic dependence of rural households on non-timber forest products (NTFPs). Unlike previous works, this article focuses solely on NTFPs derived(...)
non-timber forest products, rural households, economic dependence, household livelihoods, income diversification, food shortages, household size, land tenure, natural forest management, reforestation, Burkina Faso
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The effect of natural resource dependence on industrialization in Africa: The role of institutional quality
Piman Alain-Raphael Bayili & Windkouni Haoua Eugénie Maïga
This article analyzes the role of institutional quality in the effect of natural resources on industrialization in Africa. Two industrialization indicators are considered: Manufacturing value added as a percentage of GDP and manufacturing value added per capita. An Autoregressive Distributed Lag model and the Pooled Mean Group (PMG) method are(...)
Natural resource dependency, Institutional quality, Industrialization, Africa
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Does financial development improve the effect of public health expenditure on out-of-pocket payments for healthcare in the WAEMU?
Jacques Boundioa, Souleymane Diallo
To achieve Sustainable Development Goal 3, namely to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all, it is important to have a sustainable health expenditure model. However, countries in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) are characterized by higher levels of out-of-pocket payments for healthcare. This situation limits a(...)
Public health expenditure, Out-of-pocket payments for healthcare, Financial development, WAEMU, Quantile regression
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Barriers to women’s financial inclusion in Burkina Faso
Salamata Loaba & W. H. Eugenie Maïga
This paper investigates the barriers to women’s financial inclusion in Burkina Faso. We focus on both demand and supply side factors. Data from Findex for the years 2014, 2017 and 2021 are used. Statistical analysis show that lack of money and distance are the main barriers to women’s financial inclusion in 2014, 2017 and 2021. Interviews with(...)
Barrier, financial inclusion, financial services, women, Burkina Faso
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Renewable energy transition and green productivity growth in sub‐Saharan African countries: A convergence analysis
Souleymane Diallo
Climate change is one of the main issues facing countries in sub‐Saharan Africa. Improving green productivity is essential for transitioning to low‐carbon economies and mitigating climate change in this region. The existing literature does not emphasise the role of the energy transition in green productivity growth. Yet this analysis is import(...)
convergence club, GMM, green productivity growth, ordered logit, renewable energy transition, sub-Saharan Africa