Multidimensional Economic Assessment of Africa

Jacob Wood is currently the Associate Dean of Research for the College of Business, Law and Governance in JCU Australia. In addition to this, he is also the Director of the Centre for International Trade and Business in Asia (CITBA) and a Senior Lecturer of International Business at JCU Singapore. Prior to joining JCU, Dr. Wood spent more than 10 years’ working in South Korea where he has held roles as an Assistant Professor at Korea University of Technology and Education and then more recently as an Assistant Professor of Asia Business at Chungnam National University. Dr. Wood specializes in the fields of international trade negotiation and the effect of non-tariff barriers on international trade flows.  Olivier Habimana is currently lecturer of economics and econometrics at the University of Rwanda, College of Business and Economics.  Dr. Olivier’s main research interests lie in international macroeconomics and applied time series econometrics. His research has been published in Computational Economics, International Economics and Economic Policy, Journal of Economic Asymmetries and International Journal of Finance & Economics, among others.  Dr. Olivier is a member of Rwanda Academy of Sciences.

• 1. An Overview: A Multidimensional Economic Assessment of Africa.- 2. Determinants of Smallholders’ Export-Oriented Cash Crop Production Decisions in Ethiopia: A Case of the Sesame Sector.- 3. Spatial integration of livestock markets in Ethiopia.- 4. New Urban Consumption Patterns and Local Agriculture: Application to the Bukavu HORECA Sector (DRC).- 5. Multidimensional Inequality in Ethiopia.- 6. Factors Influencing Consumers’ Preferences for Cement Products: Case of Cement Brands in Ethiopia.- 7. The Value of Roads in Rural Household Consumption.- 8.  Corporate Social Responsibility Practices and Motivations in a Least Developed Country.- 9. Psychological Determinants of Employees’ Intentions to Retire: A Case of Public Universities in Kenya.- 10. Implementation of Corporate Governance Strategy: An Overview of Africa.- 11. Efficiency of Commercial Banks in Ghana.- 12. Cooperative Societies as a Distribution Channel forInsurance Services in Kenya: A Situational Analysis.- 13. The FDI-Domestic Investment Nexus in SSA.- 14. China’s Unprecedent Move and Its Repercussion on African Economies: Empirical Evidence from Ethiopia.- 15. Does Free Trade and Institutional Quality Affect the Economic Community of the West African Trading Bloc?.