Sovereign wealth funds and economic growth

Affuso, Ermanno; Istiak, Khandokar; Sharland, Alex

doi:10.1057/s41260-022-00260-6

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“…While Trinidad and Tobago has seen a high level of per capita income over the last two decades, the level of income inequality and social inequality remains very high. T&T has achieved consistent growth amongst other Caribbean countries in recent years and has shown steady economic improvement as assessed by a variety of indicators (Elias-Roberts, 2021; Affuso et al ., 2022). However, poverty and inequality are moderate and relatively structurally established.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 98%

Predicting student retention in higher education institutions (HEIs)

Addison,

Williams

2023

HESWBL

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PurposeThis paper aims to provide a parsimonious but rigorous model to assist decision-makers to determine critical factors which can lead to higher graduation rates amongst higher education institution (HEI) participants. It predicts the odds of dropout amongst university students, using HEI data from a developing country. This is used as a basis for a Student Retention Predictive (SRP) Model to inform HEI administrators about predicted risks of attrition amongst cohorts.Design/methodology/approachA classification tool, the Logistic Regression Model, is fitted to the data set for a particular HEI in a developing country. The model is used to predict significant factors for student dropout and to create a base model for predicted risks by various student demographic variables.FindingsTo reduce dropout and to ensure higher graduation rates, the model suggests that variables such as age group, faculty, academic standing and cumulative GPA are significant. These indicative results can drive intervention strategies to improve student retention in HEIs and lessen the gap between graduates and non-graduates, with the goal of reducing socio-economic inequalities in society.Originality/valueThis research employs risk bands (low, medium and high) to classify students at risk of attrition or drop out. This provides invaluable insights to HEI administrators in the development of intervention strategies to reduce dropout and increase graduation rates to impact the wider public policy issue of socio-economic inequities.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 98%

Predicting student retention in higher education institutions (HEIs)

Addison,

Williams

2023

HESWBL

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“…Unlike GSR, 2021 and RAAI, 2022, the current study pays a sufficient attention to SDG incorporation and prioritization in funds' sustainability disclosures, and not just "mentioning" them. ESGE aspects were completely covered by A-ranked funds, while B-ranked funds are mostly concentrated on ESG criterion, and just few of them have a strong ethical code of conduct and anti-corruption practice 1 . For C-ranked funds, the ESG criterion is more preferable in their activity, than the ethical one.…”

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confidence: 99%

The sustainability transparency index of sovereign wealth funds: their asset size, SDG country rankings and cross-region comparison

Cavagnetto

Makarenko²,

Brož

et al. 2022

Investment Management and Financial Innovations

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Sovereign wealth funds accumulate the largest resources to bridge the financial gap under the Sustainable Development Goals. The basic mechanism for accelerating sustainability progress is the effort of sovereign wealth funds to incorporate environmental, social, governance and ethical criteria and targets of these Goals disclosed in their sustainability reports. This study aims to develop a methodology for assessing the Sustainability Transparency Index in a sample of sovereign wealth funds, as well as to investigate how this transparency is influenced by the size of funds’ assets and sustainability progress with a cross-regional comparison. Five groups of sustainability disclosure metrics, such as the main pillars of novel Sustainability Transparency Index, were tested and analyzed for 91 funds using binary variables and normalization method. Three hypotheses regarding the statistical association of funds’ sustainability transparency index with the size of the funds’ assets, countries’ sustainability progress, and the region of a fund were checked for 87 funds using multiple regression. The overall results of the Sustainability Transparency Index show an insufficient level of funds’ transparency. Sustainability disclosure in 57% of funds surveyed should be fully enhanced in terms of greater sustainability transparency. There is strong evidence of the correlation between the volume of funds’ assets and sustainability transparency as well as the leadership of European funds in a cross-regional comparative study. However, data on the progress of the country’s sustainability and the funds’ Sustainability Transparency Index are limited and can be used as evidence of the insufficient role of fund transparency in promoting sustainability.

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“…A sovereign wealth fund (SWF) is a governmentcontrolled investment vehicle that is often funded by a country's surplus reserves (Affuso et al, 2022). The basic goal of SWFs is to promote long-term prosperity and ensure the well-being of future generations (Urban, 2016).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…SWFs have grown in size and quantity considerably in recent years. In 2020, there will be 89 SWFs with assets totaling about $8.2 trillion dollars, according to the SWF Institute 1 (Affuso et al, 2022).…”

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Sovereign Wealth Fund: A Bibliometric Review

Mujahidah

2024

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This bibliometric study maps out research related to the development of Sovereign Wealth Fund research trends published by leading journals from 2007 to 2022 that have been indexed by Scopus. The analysis is focused on keyword trends, authors and institutions. The data analyzed were 734 research publications. The search term was 'Sovereign Wealth Fund'. Descriptive statistical methods were used, and bibliometric analysis was performed using the VOSViewer application to determine the bibliometric map. The number of articles discussing the theme of the Sovereign Wealth Fund shows an increasing trend from year to year. The most popular keyword used is Sovereign Wealth Fund. The most prolific writer was Dixon A.D. Meanwhile, the country with the most popular authors and the most is the United States. The research provides information for researchers who focus on research in the Sovereign Wealth Fund field. In the end, this theme has the potential to continue to be developed.

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Sovereign wealth funds and economic growth

Cited by 10 publications

References 37 publications

Predicting student retention in higher education institutions (HEIs)

Predicting student retention in higher education institutions (HEIs)

The sustainability transparency index of sovereign wealth funds: their asset size, SDG country rankings and cross-region comparison

Sovereign Wealth Fund: A Bibliometric Review

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