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Item Bank-based and market-based development and economic growth: an international investigation(Studies in Economics and Finance, 209-07-26) Osarfo, D.; Boadi, I.; Boadi, P.Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relative impact of bank-based and market-based financial developments on economic growth from 1984 to 2015, using 60countries. Design/methodology/approach – This study uses fixed effect and generalized method of moments (GMM) to investigate the relative impact of bank-based and market-based financial developments on economic growth from 1984 to 2015, using 60 countries. The study further controls regional effects and the Asian crisis, as well as the global economic crisis. Findings – The empirical results of the study revealed that market-based development positively affects economic growth. Besides, market-based financial development indirectly promotes investment, which has the potential to strongly enhance growth. The findings of this study, therefore, provide more support to promarket- based financial development policies in these regions. Interestingly, bank-based development has no direct impact on development, but indirectly encourages investment, which also promotes growth. Originality/value – This paper is the first of its kind to empirically examine fixed effect and GMM to investigate the relative impact of bank-based and market-based financial developments on economic growth from 1984 to 2015, using 60 countries.Item Refections on the Judicial Process in Traditional Africa(1990) Quashigah, K.Item Human Rights Implications of Committal of Judgement Debtor for Contempt(1992) Quashigah, K.Item The Philosophical Basic of Human Rights and its Relations to Africa: A Critique(1992) Quashigah, K.Item Highlights of the Comparative Features of the 1979 and 1989 Nigerian Constitutions(1993) Quashigah, K.Item The United Nations and Humanitarian Intervention in the Contemporary World Situation- ASCL Proc.6(1993) Ezejiofor, G.; Quashigah, K.Item Human Rights Implications of the Pinochet Decision(1994) Quashigah, K.Item Legitimacy of Governments and the Resolution of Intra-national Conflicts in Africa(1995) Quashigah, E.K.In Africa there exist many governments which are constitutionally legitimate while at the same time being 'politically and socially illegitimate' because they have ceased to be responsive to the aspirations of the people. Legitimacy is better perceived as a functional attribute rather than as a mere legal idea. This article proposes some constitutional measures which can ensure the legitimacy of governments and hence prevent the emergence of intranational conflicts in Africa. African countries are prone to conflicts because they have rather limited unifying features. Ethnicity is one of the major factors affecting nationbuilding in Africa. In this context federalism is a viable option as a system of government. The author emphasizes the importance of 'good governance' and states that the political interests of minorities should be protected in the constitution. To inculcate a culture of democracy, empowerment of the people is essential, amongst others by the introduction of street and ward governments. Accountability of the government and the reduction of corruption is also of vital importance. The author sketches the nature of a suggested anticorruption tribunal and recommends the instauration of a human rights commissioner. Finally he discusses how the OAU could help to secure the legitimacy of governments.Item Human Rights and Economic Integration- in ASCL Proc. 8(1996) Quashigah, K.Item Religious Freedom and Vestal Virgins: The Trokosi Practice in Ghana(1998) Quashigah, K.Item Performing theory/embodied writing(Opening Acts: Performance in/as Communication and Cultural Studies, 1999) Madison, D.S.This essay performatively expresses specific theoretical ruminations on class, language, and race. This writing is a performance, while it is or is not necessarily for the “stage.” The performance seeks a felt‐sensing meeting between theory, writing, and performing. The performer claims an uneasy possession of performance as a means of both subjectivity and freedom. Theory becomes another way to know performance better; and performance becomes the desired illuminator of theory. From the burlesque to the sublime, the performer conjures four different encounters with her theoretical fathers: Karl Marx, Ferdinand de Saussure, Jacques Derrida, and Frantz Fanon. Needing useful theory‐from the ‘high’ ground of scholarship to the ‘low’ ground of ancient re/tellings‐for useful purposes, the performer must first remember where theories begin.