Globalization and terror in Africa

Asongu, Simplice A.; Biekpe, Nicholas

doi:10.1016/j.inteco.2017.12.005

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“…For instance, Muroi and Baumann (2009) found that wealth increases crime in low income countries, but decreases crime in high income countries. Asongu and Biekpe (2017) recently conducted a study based on 51 African countries for the period 1986-2011 which supports a relationship between globalization and terrorism. However, they call for further research to understand the dynamics of terrorism.…”

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“…On the other hand, globalization and trade integration also have an impact on terrorism (Asongu & Biekpe, 2017;Daniel & Verdier, 2006). Based on 51 African countries in the period 1986 to 2011, Asongu and Biekpe (2017) found that political globalization increases both domestic and transnational terrorism, while social and general globalization increase transnational terrorism. However, economic globalization reduces domestic terrorism.…”

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Socioeconomic Determinants of Terrorism

Nurunnabi

Sghaier

2018

Digest Mid East Studies

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The term “terrorism” is notoriously difficult to define, but terrorism has become a global concern over the last two decades. The findings of prior research on the social, political, and economic determinants of terrorism are mixed and inconclusive. Accordingly, this study investigates the relationship between socioeconomic indicators and terrorism in Tunisia for the period 1979–2015. The error correction model has been used to determine the stability of any long‐term relationship. Using autoregressive distributed lag bound testing, the findings reveal that the unemployment rate, political instability, the informal sector and higher school enrollment rates positively and significantly affect terrorism. However, gross domestic product per capita and foreign direct investment have a negative and significant impact on terrorism. Interestingly, the poverty rate has no relationship to terrorism. Policy implications and future research are also discussed.

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Socioeconomic Determinants of Terrorism

Nurunnabi

Sghaier

2018

Digest Mid East Studies

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“…The Boko Haram is flurishing in North Eastern Nigeria and neighbouring countries particularly in areas where government presence is weak. For example according to Asongu and Biekpe (2018) According to Solomon (2017), over the past five years, approximately 20, 000 people have been killed across Africa by two notable terrorist groups which have accounted for about 71% (91%) of terrorism incidents (fatalities). The author maintains that the number of terrorism-related deaths reached its peak in 2015 when the Boko Haram massacred more than 8,000 people in Niger, Chad, Cameroon and Nigeria.…”

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“…The dependent indicator is a record of yearly terrorism incidents experienced by a country. In order to correct for the positive skew in the data and avoid mathematical concerns about log-transforming zeros, the study is in accordance with the literature (Choi & Salehyan, 2013;Bandyopadhyay et al, 2014;Efobi & Asongu, 2016;Asongu & Biekpe, 2018) in adding one to the base and taking the natural logarithm of terrorism incidents.…”

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The Comparative African Economics of Governance in Fighting Terrorism

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Disclaimer: AFEA Working Papers describe research in progress by the author(s) that has been peer-reviewed and forthcoming in scientific outlets. There is a tacit acknowledgement of anonymous referees for constructive suggestions and critiques that have helped improve the content and rigour of the study. Each research stands on its merit and the views expressed in AFEA Working Papers are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the views of the AFEA, its Executive Board, or AFEA management. AbstractThis study assesses the comparative economics of governance in fighting terrorism in 53 African countries for period 1996-2012. Four terrorism variables are used, namely: domestic, transnational, unclear and total terrorism dynamics. Nine bundled and unbundled governance variables are employed, notably: political stability/no violence, voice & accountability, political governance, government effectiveness, regulation quality, economic governance, corruption-control, the rule of law and institutional governance. The empirical evidence is based on Fixed Effects regressions. In the analytical procedure, we first bundle governance indicators by means of principal component analysis before engaging the empirical exercise with the full sample. In the final step, specifications are based on a decomposed full sample in order to articulate the fundamental characteristics for comparative purposes. The following broad findings are established. First, good governance is an appealing tool in fighting terrorism. Second, the relevance of the good governance dynamics is as follows in order of increasing relevance: economic governance, institutional governance and political governance. The findings are presented in increasing order of magnitude to emphasise fundamental features in which governance dynamics have the highest effect in mitigating terrorism. JEL Classification: C52; D74; F42; O38 ; P37

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“…The adopted elements in the conditioning information set are: internal conflicts, political globalisation, inflation, infrastructure, exchange rate and trade openness. The choice of these indicators in the conditioning information set is motivated by contemporary terrorism literature (Bandyopadhyay et al 2014, Efobi and Asongu 2016, Asongu and Biekpe 2018, Asongu and Amankwah-Amoah 2018. It is expected that trade openness, better infrastructure and improvements in exchange rate will have a positive incidence on the exports of resources (Akpan 2014, Asongu 2015a.…”

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Natural Resource Exports, Foreign Aid and Terrorism

Asongu

2019

SSRN Journal

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Linkages between foreign aid, terrorism and natural resource (fuel and iron ore) exports are investigated in this study. The focus is on 78 developing countries with data for the period 1984 to 2008. The generalised method of moment is employed as empirical strategy. Three main foreign aid variables are used for the analysis, namely: bilateral aid, multilateral aid and total aid. The corresponding terrorism variables employed are: domestic terrorism, transnational terrorism, unclear terrorism and total terrorism. The following findings are established. First, the criteria informing the validity of specifications corresponding to iron ore exports do not hold. Second, there is evidence of convergence in fuel exports. Third, whereas the unconditional impacts of aid dynamics are not significant, the unconditional impacts of terrorism dynamics are consistently positive on fuel exports. Fourth, the interaction between terrorism and aid dynamics consistently display negative signs, with corresponding modifying aid thresholds within respective ranges. Unexpected signs are elicited and policy implications discussed. Given the unexpected results, an extended analysis is performed in which net effects are computed. These net effects are constitutive of the unconditional effect from terrorism and the conditional impacts from the interaction between foreign aid and terrorism dynamics. Based on the extended analysis, bilateral aid and total aid modulate terrorism dynamics to induce net positive effects on fuel exports while multilateral aid moderates terrorism dynamics to engender negative net effects on fuel exports. The research improves extant knowledge on nexuses between resources, terrorism and foreign aid. JEL Classification: F40; F23; F35; Q34; O40

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Globalization and terror in Africa

Abstract: This study examines the role of globalization on terrorism in 51 African countries for the

Cited by 30 publications

References 63 publications

Socioeconomic Determinants of Terrorism

Socioeconomic Determinants of Terrorism

The Comparative African Economics of Governance in Fighting Terrorism

Natural Resource Exports, Foreign Aid and Terrorism

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