by Badar Alam Iqbal
ABSTRACT: Editorial Note Prof. Badar Alam Iqbal, Guest Editor of Special Issue "COVID-19 and Regional Development [Economic and Social Development] in Africa, writes an Editorial for this Special...
by Matthew Oladapo Gidigbi, Beatrice Onawunreyi Omo-Ikirodah, Deborah Idowu Akinwolemiwa
ABSTRACT: This paper investigated the decline of capital importation to Nigeria and specifically banking business in Nigeria in the pre-COVID-19 pandemic era and during the COVID-19 pandemic era. The...
by Fisayo Fagbemi, Simplice Asongu
ABSTRACT: The study gives an overview of the socio-economic consequences and implications of the COVID-19 outbreak in Africa. While it is common knowledge that the damage caused by the pandemic to the...
by Okwu Andy Titus, Akpa Emeka Okoro, Obiakor Rowland Tochukwu
ABSTRACT: In this study, volatility in trade and remittances flows to Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic for the period 2004M1 to 2020M11 was modeled. The study evaluated the volatility using the symmetric...
by Kehinde Mary Bello, Matthew Oladapo Gidigbi
ABSTRACT: Trade can serve as a major transmitter of economic disruption across the globe and a tool for quick recovery in times of crisis. While the pandemic disrupted trade activities globally in global...
by Amiya Sarma, Sampriti Das
ABSTRACT: India and Africa are two regions embarking on a compatible growth trajectory, offering immense potential for mutual exchange and trade complementarities. In the decade preceding the COVID-19...