Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/114570 
Year of Publication: 
Dec-2014
Series/Report no.: 
AGDI Working Paper No. WP/14/024
Publisher: 
African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI), Yaoundé
Abstract: 
The paper verifies the Azzimonti et al. (2014) conclusions on a sample of 53 African countries for the period 1996-2008. Authors of the underlying study have established theoretical underpinnings for a negative nexus between rising public debt and inequality in OECD nations. We assess the effects of four debt dynamics on inequality adjusted human development. Instrumental variable and interactive regressions were employed as empirical strategies. Two main findings were established which depend on whether debt is endogenous to or interactive with globalisation. First, when external debt is endogenous to globalisation, the effect on inclusive human development is negative, whereas when it is interactive with globalisation, the effect is positive. This may reflect the false economics of pre-conditions. The magnitudes of negative estimates from endogenous related effects were higher than the positive marginal interactive effects. Policy implications were discussed.
Subjects: 
Debts
globalisation
inequality
inclusive development
Africa
JEL: 
E60
F40
F59
D60
O55
Additional Information: 
Comments and Suggestions are welcome.
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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