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    Unveiling the Economic Determinants of Child Labour in Africa: A Comprehensive Study of 37 Countries
    (Springer Science and Business Media, 2025-03-10) Muthugala, H; Magammana, T; Bandara, A; Perera, A; Jayathilaka, R
    This study investigates the impact of unemployment, household income and expenditure, globalisation, and foreign direct investment (FDI) on child labour across 37 African countries from 2010 to 2021, employing panel and multiple linear regression models. The findings reveal diverse impacts: rising unemployment significantly increased child labour in countries like Ethiopia and Niger, while in Cameroon and Kenya, it had a negative effect. Globalisation’s influence varied, strongly reducing child labour in Ghana but exacerbating it in Burundi. Household income and expenditure generally reduced child labour, particularly in Ethiopia and Zambia. The effect of FDI was also mixed, decreasing child labour in Madagascar but increasing it in countries with weaker governance. These insights underscore the necessity for tailored, country-specific policies that consider local economic conditions and governance quality. Future efforts to combat child labour must focus on developing sustainable solutions that address these complex dynamics.
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    Unmasking climate vulnerability in Africa: the role of CO2 and CH4 emissions on rising temperatures and sea levels
    (Springer Nature, 2025-05-02) Gunaratne, T; Liyanage, S; Punchihewa, C; Badurdeen, S; Jayathilaka, R
    Climate change influenced by anthropogenic emissions is a global occurrence affecting the Mean Surface Temperature (MST) and Mean Sea Level (MSL) patterns. The African continent contributes to the lowest Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions globally. However, GHG emissions, particularly Carbon Dioxide (CO2) and Methane (CH4) emission patterns, show a continuous increase in the African region, reflecting the importance of practising economic growth in the continent with sustainable environmental policies to meet future global climate targets. Given Africa’s increasing emissions and the continent’s vulnerability to climate change, this study contributes to the existing literature by assessing the continental and country-wise impact of CO2 and CH4 emissions on MST and the resulting impact on MSL through Fixed Effect (FE) panel estimation and Simple Linear Regression (SLR). The research employs data from 1993 to 2020 for fifty-four African countries. The study’s main findings show that CO2 and CH4 positively impact MST at a 1% significance level, and MST positively impacts MSL at a 5% significance level. This study focuses on continent-specific and country-specific emissions and their impacts and proposes policy measures to mitigate the emissions in the African continent.
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    Globalisation and growth nexus: Evidence from Africa through Granger Causality and Wavelet Coherence
    (Elsevier, 2025-06-08) Wijesuriya, P.; Athalage, D; Rathnayake, D; Sandanayaka, I; Jayathilaka, R
    This study analyses the causal relationship between economic growth with globalisation and its economic, social and political facets in 33 African nations, for 51 years from 1971 to 2021. On an empirical perspective, the Granger Causality Test is utilised in the cross-country analysis, with the Wavelet Coherence methodology being conducted to comprehend the growth-globalisation nexus for the African region. Conceptually, the study is based on the Endogenous Growth and Dependency theories in identifying how globalisation drives growth in Africa. Unidirectional causal flows between globalisation and growth have been revealed for Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Kenya, Mauritania, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, and Uganda. Bidirectional causal flows between globalisation and growth have been revealed for Eswatini, Egypt and Rwanda. The study also suggests the strengthening of economic, social and political integrations, leveraging natural resources for sustainable growth, and cultivating resilience against external shocks while extending targeted support for low-performing nations in the region as strategies to improve the globalisation-growth nexus in the region. The study contributes to the existing literature by providing a holistic assessment of the growth-globalisation dynamics in Africa and its regional nations, extending over five decades, and using a dual-method approach.
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    Unveiling the Economic Determinants of Child Labour in Africa: A Comprehensive Study of 37 Countries
    (Springer Nature, 2025-02-28) Muthugala, H; Magammana, T; Bandara, A; Perera, A; Jayathilaka, R
    This study investigates the impact of unemployment, household income and expenditure, globalisation, and foreign direct investment (FDI) on child labour across 37 African countries from 2010 to 2021, employing panel and multiple linear regression models. The findings reveal diverse impacts: rising unemployment significantly increased child labour in countries like Ethiopia and Niger, while in Cameroon and Kenya, it had a negative effect. Globalisation’s influence varied, strongly reducing child labour in Ghana but exacerbating it in Burundi. Household income and expenditure generally reduced child labour, particularly in Ethiopia and Zambia. The effect of FDI was also mixed, decreasing child labour in Madagascar but increasing it in countries with weaker governance. These insights underscore the necessity for tailored, country-specific policies that consider local economic conditions and governance quality. Future efforts to combat child labour must focus on developing sustainable solutions that address these complex dynamics.