Socioeconomic Shocks and Africa's Development Agenda (eBook, ePUB)

Lessons and Policy Directions in a Post-COVID-19 Era
Redaktion: Osabuohien, Evans; Osabohien, Romanus; Ufua, Daniel; Odularu, Gbadebo

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book investigates how African countries respond to socioeconomic shocks, drawing out lessons to help inform future policy and development efforts. It will be of interest to policy makers and development agencies, as well as to researchers of global development, politics, economics, business, and African studies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 332
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. November 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000773767
• Artikelnr.: 65847758

Autorenporträt

Evans Osabuohien is Professor and Head of the Department of Economics and Development Studies, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria. He is the Pioneer Chair at the Centre for Economic Policy and Development Research (CEPDeR) as well as the Pioneer Chair for Regional Centre of Expertise, Ogun State (RCE Ogun). Also, he is a Visiting Professor at Witten/Herdecke University, Germany, and Visiting Scholar at Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo, Mozambique. He is a fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and Swedish Institute, among others. In 2020, he was recognised as one of the six Youngest Professors in Nigeria. He has published five books and over 185 scholarly articles. Gbadebo Odularu is affiliated with Virginia Military Institute (VMI), Bay Atlantic University (BAU), Socio-economic Research Applications and Projects (SERAP), and Nexford University (NXU), United States. He holds a PhD degree from the University of Sunderland, UK. He was a regional policies and markets analyst at the continental Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) based in Accra, Ghana, and a visiting scholar at the Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE), University of Oxford, UK. Daniel Ufua is Lecturer at the Department of Business Management and a Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Research and Policy Development (CEPDeR), at Covenant University, Nigeria. He holds a PhD in Management from the University of Hull, UK. His research interest is on the application of systems thinking and management science where he has published several research papers. Romanus Osabohien is Lecturer at the Department of Economics and Development Studies and a Research Fellow, Centre for Economic Policy and Development Research (CEPDeR), Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria. He holds a PhD in Economics with research focus on Social Security, Food Security, Agricultural and Development Economics. He is a reviewer and editorial board member for well-rated journals including Heliyon Business and Economics (Elsevier).

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword SAMUEL AMPONSAH Introduction EVANS OSABUOHIEN, GBADEBO ODULARU,
DANIEL UFUA, AND ROMANUS OSABOHIEN SECTION 1 Socioeconomic Shocks and
Economic Development 1 Socioeconomic and Cultural Influence on Women's
Participation in Agroforestry in Jaman South, Ghana ENOCH AKWASI KOSOE AND
FRANCIS DIAWUO DARKO 2 How Coffee Price Shock Transmits into the Economy?
Empirical Evidence from Ethiopia NASER YENUS NURU AND HAYELOM YRGAW
GEREZIHER 3 Exchange Rate Variability and Palm Oil Export in West Africa:
Evidence from Nigeria OLANREWAJU OMOSEHIN AND EVANS OSABUOHIEN SECTION 2
Resilience, Business and Value Chain Development 4 Climatic Shocks,
Agricultural Income and Household Expenditure in Uganda NICHOLAS KILIMANI,
JOHN BOSCO NNYANZI AND JOHN BOSCO ORYEMA 5 Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic
and Food Price Increase in Nigeria: Examining the Role of ICT ONYINYE
OCHUBA, NORA FRANCIS INYANG, AND ROMANUS OSABOHIEN 6 Building Economic
Resilience in COVID-19 Africa: What Role for Digital Transformation? ARTHUR
MINSAT AND ELISA SAINT MARTIN 7 Addressing Non-health Effects of COVID-19
Pandemic and Development of Future Resilience in Nigeria: A Systemic
Intervention DANIEL UFUA, OLUSOLA JOSHUA OLUJOBI, ROMANUS OSABOHIEN, EVANS
OSABUOHIEN, AND GBADEBO ODULARU SECTION 3 Institutional Framework and Human
Capital Development 8 Employment and Productivity of Uganda's SMEs in the
Face of COVID-19: A Gender Perspective SSERUNJOGI BRIAN, NATHAN SUNDAY,
PAUL LAKUMA AND REHEMA KAHUNDE 9 Creation of Knowledge Cities in Africa: A
Case Study of Gqeberha Port Elizabeth City in South Africa ROSELINE TAPUWA
KARAMBAKUWA AND RONNEY NCWADI 10 Socio-economic Shocks of COVID-19
Pandemic: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa OLUWAYEMISI KHADIJAT ADELEKE AND
OMOWUMI MONISOLA AJEIGBE 11 Socioeconomic Shocks in the COVID-19 Era
WYCLIFE ONG'ETA 12 COVID-19 and Poverty Incidence in Sub-Saharan Africa:
Evidence from Past Pandemics CHEKWUBE VITUS MADICHIE, FRANKLIN NNAEMEKA
NGWU, ANNE CHINONYE MADUKA, AND AMAKA GERTRUDE METU SECTION 4 Services,
Socioeconomic Shocks and Sustainable Development 13 Economic Shocks and
Welfare of Nigerian Households KHADIJAT BUSOLA AMOLEGBE, EBENEZER LEMVEN
WIRBA, AND GILLES QUENTIN KANE 14 Disruptive Effects of COVID-19 and Health
Challenges on the Attainment of National Policies and Public Service
Provisions in African Countries OLUWASEYI EBENEZER OLALERE 15 COVID-19
Pandemic and Illegal Oil Refineries in Africa: Evidence from the National
Oil Wealth in Nigeria OLUSOLA JOSHUA OLUJOBI 16 Remittance Shocks and
Poverty Reduction Nexus in Nigeria: Insights from Bootstrap Simulation and
Asymmetric Causality Tests CLEMENT OLALEKAN OLANIYI AND MOJEED MUHAMMED
OLOGUNDUDU 17 Reshaping the Educational System for Post-COVID-19 Schooling
in a Developing Country FLORA OLUBUKOLA OLANIYI 18 Effect of COVID-19 on
Small- and Medium-Scale Enterprises in Nigeria: Which Sector Is Mostly
Affected? MARIA CHINECHEREM UZONWANNE, AMAKA GERTRUDE METU, KINGSLEY
CHIDERA ADONIKE AND FRANCIS CHUKWUDI ONYEDIBE Conclusion: Socioeconomic
Shocks, Pandemic Responsiveness, and Platonic Policies Revisited GBADEBO
ODULARU, DANIEL UFUA, EVANS OSABUOHIEN, AND ROMANUS OSABOHIEN