Oasis Kodila‐tedika
Biographic Data
| ID | 4451496 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Oasis Kodila‐tedika |
| GIVEN NAMES | Oasis |
| FAMILY NAME | Kodila‐tedika |
| SIGNATURE | TEDIKA O K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Kinshasa |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Origin of Ethnolinguistic Diversity
This research has two aims: on the one hand, it seeks to measure ethnolinguistic diversity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) at a disaggregated level, with a granularity that corresponds to the second Congolese administrative scale; on the other hand, it explains this fragmentation based on recent empirical literature. We therefore present the first estimates of ethnic diversity at the subnational level and examine their origins in th…
Long‐term vision and economic development
This paper examines the effect on economic development of whether a country's policymakers adopt a long‐term vision. We use a novel institutional variable that indicates whether policymakers have a long‐term strategic vision. However, the difficulty in estimating a causal effect is that long‐term vision is endogenous to economic development. Therefore, we use the future‐time reference language variables introduced in American Economic Review, 103…
Colonial Extraction and Institution in Africa
Institutions and Poverty
Statistics and Intelligence in Developing Countries
The purpose of this study is to assess the relationship between intelligence (or human capital) and the statistical capacity of developing countries. The line of inquiry is motivated essentially by the scarce literature on poor statistics in developing countries and an evolving stream of literature on the knowledge economy. A positive association is established between intelligence quotient (IQ) and statistical capacity. The relationship is robus…
Women in power and power of women
Do women really improve conditions for gender equality after becoming heads of states? This study investigates if having a woman at the helm of country’s decision making processes leads to better indicators on women’s conditions. Using time-series observations for the period 2000–11, we test the hypothesis with the Liberian experience. We analyse six main gender indicators: gender equality, equality of representation in rural areas (basic communi…
Religious Diversity and Economic Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
This paper investigates the effects of religion on a broad set of development outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa. We regroup these outcomes into three broad categories, namely, development process outcomes (growth, investment, conflict, and government quality), institutional outcomes (property rights and the rule of law) and social development outcomes (social and gender protection). Using two new measures of religion – religious fractionalization (R…
Women in power and power of women
Do women really improve conditions for gender equality after becoming heads of states? This study investigates if having a woman at the helm of country’s decision making processes leads to better indicators on women’s conditions. Using time-series observations for the period 2000–11, we test the hypothesis with the Liberian experience. We analyse six main gender indicators: gender equality, equality of representation in rural areas (basic communi…
Institutions and Poverty
Religious Diversity and Economic Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
This paper investigates the effects of religion on a broad set of development outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa. We regroup these outcomes into three broad categories, namely, development process outcomes (growth, investment, conflict, and government quality), institutional outcomes (property rights and the rule of law) and social development outcomes (social and gender protection). Using two new measures of religion – religious fractionalization (R…
Statistics and Intelligence in Developing Countries
The purpose of this study is to assess the relationship between intelligence (or human capital) and the statistical capacity of developing countries. The line of inquiry is motivated essentially by the scarce literature on poor statistics in developing countries and an evolving stream of literature on the knowledge economy. A positive association is established between intelligence quotient (IQ) and statistical capacity. The relationship is robus…
Women in power and power of women
Do women really improve conditions for gender equality after becoming heads of states? This study investigates if having a woman at the helm of country’s decision making processes leads to better indicators on women’s conditions. Using time-series observations for the period 2000–11, we test the hypothesis with the Liberian experience. We analyse six main gender indicators: gender equality, equality of representation in rural areas (basic communi…
Colonial Extraction and Institution in Africa
Institutions and Poverty
Long‐term vision and economic development
This paper examines the effect on economic development of whether a country's policymakers adopt a long‐term vision. We use a novel institutional variable that indicates whether policymakers have a long‐term strategic vision. However, the difficulty in estimating a causal effect is that long‐term vision is endogenous to economic development. Therefore, we use the future‐time reference language variables introduced in American Economic Review, 103…
The Origin of Ethnolinguistic Diversity
This research has two aims: on the one hand, it seeks to measure ethnolinguistic diversity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) at a disaggregated level, with a granularity that corresponds to the second Congolese administrative scale; on the other hand, it explains this fragmentation based on recent empirical literature. We therefore present the first estimates of ethnic diversity at the subnational level and examine their origins in th…
Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (5 works) · Economics (5 works) · Political science (4 works) · Econometrics (3 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Economic Growth and Development (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Mathematics (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Statistics (3 works)