Does Tourism Reduce Poverty in Sub-Saharan African Countries?

Folarin, Oludele; Adeniyi, Oluwatosin

doi:10.1177/0047287518821736

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“…Based on the main cause of inequality in SSA, we consider four control variables—education, political stability, rule of law, and control of corruption. As documented by Folarin and Adeniyi (2019), the current level of human development in Africa is low, which results in a kind of deprivation. However, to achieve goal 10 of the SDGs, human development must be improved.…”

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“…In line with the standard inequality literature, we use the Gini coefficient to measure the inequality variable (Fang et al, 2020; Folarin & Adeniyi, 2019; Fosu, 2015; Kaulihowa & Adjasi, 2018; Nguyen et al, 2020; Tchamyou et al, 2019a, 2019b). As argued by Fang et al (2020), the Gini coefficient is the best indicator—it is calculated based on the disposable income of the selected countries.…”

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Trade openness, FDI, and income inequality: Evidence from sub‐Saharan Africa

Han

Dossou

et al. 2021

African Development Review

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The motivation for this study stems from the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN-SDGs) and their impact by 2030. The UN highlights 17 SDGs that address pertinent local and global issues, one of which-SDG-10-has been devoted to reducing inequality. This study investigates the nexus between trade openness, foreign direct investment (FDI), and income inequality in sub-Saharan Africa using panel data from 2000 to 2015 and the generalized method of moment (GMM) technique approach. The findings show that FDI and income have a negative, statistically significant relationship with income inequality, signifying that as FDI and income per capita increase, the level of income inequality decreases. However, trade openness, education, political stability, corruption, and rule of law have a positive, statistically significant relationship with inequality. This study, therefore, offers some recommendations that will help policymakers. First, develop good policies to attract more foreign investors, which will contribute to creating employment opportunities in the region. Second, create more infrastructures to provide good quality education. Third, implement a good policy to motivate local production which will contribute to creating jobs. Fourth, build a strong institution(s) to fight against corruption.

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Trade openness, FDI, and income inequality: Evidence from sub‐Saharan Africa

Han

Dossou

et al. 2021

African Development Review

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“…The influences of tourism on income inequality have been analyzed in several previous studies (Carrascal Incera and Fernández 2015;Lv 2019;Ma et al 2019;Folarin and Adeniyi 2020). The idea is quite straightforward: the development of international/domestic tourism can significantly impact the economy (higher production, employment, wages, and investment) in the short and also long term, contributing therefore to the reduction of income inequality.…”

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The Influence of Tourism on Income Inequality

Nguyen

Schınckus

et al. 2020

Journal of Travel Research

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This article examines the influence of tourism on income inequality on a global sample. Our analysis uses various econometric techniques for panel data including 97 countries over the period 2002–2014 categorized into three subsamples: 30 low- and lower-middle-income economies (LMEs), 25 upper-middle-income economies (UMEs), and 42 high-income economies (HIEs). Our empirical findings are interesting. First, both domestic and international tourism reduce income inequality whereas a better institutional quality increases the income inequality. Our findings also clearly indicate that international tourism contributes to the reduction of income inequalities while the national tourism requires an institutional adjustment in the LMEs and the UMEs to do so. This observation highlights the important roles of tax and transfer policies in fighting against income inequality.

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“…This research focuses on the relationship between event tourism and SDG16, "Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions" in the post-conflict, post-Yugoslav states of the Western Balkans (Figure 1; hereinafter Western Balkans). There have been several attempts to analyse the contribution that tourism makes to the SDGs, including in the areas of poverty (Folarin & Adeniyi, 2020), climate change (Dick-Forde et al, 2020), partnerships for development (Nguyen et al, 2019) and gender (Alarc on & Cole, 2019). Tourism is frequently mentioned in the preamble to the SDGs and in the detail of some of them, but it is not explicitly acknowledged in SDG16.…”

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The role of dark commemorative and sport events in peaceful coexistence in the Western Balkans

Šuligoj

Kennell

2021

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

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In order to analyse the ways in which problematic ethno-national behaviour at dark events in the Western Balkans undermines the transition from conflict, to post conflict and then peaceful societies, this research employed a sociological discourse analysis to critique the role dark events play in post-conflict tourism development and peaceful coexistence. Accordingly, by combining previous analyses of dark commemorative events with a new analysis of sport events, this research explains the relationship between event tourism and 16th Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) focused on peace, justice and strong institutions. This media-based analysis shows that dark commemorative and sport events share similar historical contexts, dissonant heritage and the dark leisure practices of attendees. These dark events attract tourism flows across national boundaries in the region, as well as including more widely dispersed diasporas, and international media and politicians. The prevalence of dark events in the region, which feature strongly in tourism flows, require significant attention in order to promote sustainable development. The findings of this research can be used to develop future research into the relationship between dark events and SDG16, using methods that build on this exploratory study and the new model of dark events that it provides.

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Does Tourism Reduce Poverty in Sub-Saharan African Countries?

Cited by 82 publications

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Trade openness, FDI, and income inequality: Evidence from sub‐Saharan Africa

Trade openness, FDI, and income inequality: Evidence from sub‐Saharan Africa

The Influence of Tourism on Income Inequality

The role of dark commemorative and sport events in peaceful coexistence in the Western Balkans

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