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Nicholas M. Odhiambo
Other affiliations: University of Fort Hare
Bio: Nicholas M. Odhiambo is an academic researcher from University of South Africa. The author has contributed to research in topics: Short run & Granger causality. The author has an hindex of 38, co-authored 362 publications receiving 6221 citations. Previous affiliations of Nicholas M. Odhiambo include University of Fort Hare.
Topics: Short run, Granger causality, Economics, Poverty, Per capita
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the intertemporal causal relationship between energy consumption and economic growth in Tanzania during the period of 1971-2006 and employed the newly developed autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL)-bounds testing approach.
706 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the causal relationship between electricity consumption and economic growth in South Africa was examined and it was shown that there is a distinct bidirectional causality between energy consumption and the economic growth.
436 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the dynamic causal relationship between financial depth and economic growth in Kenya by including savings as an intermitting variable and created a simple tri-variate causality model, which revealed that there is a distinct uni-directional causal flow from economic growth to financial development.
304 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the dynamic causal relationship between financial development, economic growth and poverty reduction in South Africa using a trivariate causality model and found that economic growth Granger-causes financial development and therefore leads in the process of poverty reduction.
Abstract: This paper attempts to examine the dynamic causal relationship between financial development, economic growth and poverty reduction in South Africa—using a trivariate causality model The study attempts to answer one critical question Which sector leads in the process of poverty reduction in South Africa—the financial sector or real sector? Using cointegration and error-correction models, the empirical results of the study show that both financial development and economic growth Granger—cause poverty reduction in South Africa The study also finds that economic growth Granger-causes financial development and, therefore, leads in the process of poverty reduction in South Africa This applies irrespective of whether the causality test is conducted in the short-run or in the long-run The study, therefore, recommends that policies geared towards increasing economic growth should be intensified in South Africa in order to make the economy more monetised, and to reduce the high level of poverty currently prevailing in the country
259 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the causal relationship between energy consumption and economic growth in three sub-Saharan African countries, namely South Africa, Kenya and Congo (DRC), was examined using the ARDL-bounds testing procedure.
215 citations
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01 Jan 1982
TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss leading problems linked to energy that the world is now confronting and propose some ideas concerning possible solutions, and conclude that it is necessary to pursue actively the development of coal, natural gas, and nuclear power.
Abstract: This chapter discusses leading problems linked to energy that the world is now confronting and to propose some ideas concerning possible solutions. Oil deserves special attention among all energy sources. Since the beginning of 1981, it has merely been continuing and enhancing the downward movement in consumption and prices caused by excessive rises, especially for light crudes such as those from Africa, and the slowing down of worldwide economic growth. Densely-populated oil-producing countries need to produce to live, to pay for their food and their equipment. If the economic growth of the industrialized countries were to be 4%, even if investment in the rational use of energy were pushed to the limit and the development of nonpetroleum energy sources were also pursued actively, it would be extremely difficult to prevent a sharp rise in prices. It is evident that it is absolutely necessary to pursue actively the development of coal, natural gas, and nuclear power if a physical shortage of energy is not to block economic growth.
2,283 citations
12 Jul 2017
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore the ecology of human development, those forces in the person's environment that affect and influence development, i.e., social, economic, and environmental factors.
Abstract: This chapter explores the ecology of human development, those forces in the person's environment that affect and influence development. Urie Bronfenbrenner's model of the human ecosystem guides the discussion, making connections between children in families and in communities and the larger society that surrounds them. The human ecosystem model is much like the study of the natural ecology, focusing on the interactions between subjects at various levels of the environment as they affect each other. The interaction between individual and environment forms the basis of an ecological approach to human development. This view sees the process of development as the expansion of the child's conception of the world and the child's ability to act on that world. Risks to development can come from both direct threats and the absence of opportunities for development. Sociocultural risk refers to the impoverishment in the child's world of essential experiences and relationships.
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