Ben C Arimah
Biographic Data
| ID | 6009662 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ben C Arimah |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ben C |
| FAMILY NAME | Arimah |
| SIGNATURE | ARIMAH B C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Botswana |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 34 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
What Drives Infrastructure Spending in Cities of Developing Countries
There exists a dearth of empirical studies on what determines infrastructure spending in cities of developing countries. This in part can be attributed to the absence of quality data and the tendency for researchers to gloss over variations in infrastructure expenditure in or across developing world cities in the general belief that investment in infrastructure is generally low. Using the United Nations Human Settlements Programme's global urban …
Poverty Reduction and Human Development in Africa
This paper uses cross-national data to investigate the extent to which the adoption of human development strategies has resulted in a reduction of poverty in Africa. Inter-country variations in income and human poverty reinforce the established patterns of well-being within the continent, as countries in Northern and Southern Africa have the lowest levels of poverty. The empirical analysis reveals that inter- country differences in poverty levels…
Energy transition and its implications for environmentally sustainable development in Africa
Energy transition is the process whereby there is an increase in the volume and proportion of commercial energy, to the extent that it replaces traditional fuels as the main source of energy and having enormous implications for the physical and biotic environment. This energy-environment process has rarely been the focus of research investigation in Africa. Using cross-national data drawn from the African continent, this paper examines and accoun…
Compliance with urban development and planning regulations in Ibadan, Nigeria
Housing-sector Performance in Global Perspective
This paper measures and accounts for variations in housing-sector performance using the UNCHS and World Bank's Housing Indicators database of a diverse sample of 52 cities. The first stage of the empirical analysis, based on a principal components analysis, indicates that housing-sector performance can be evaluated in terms of six distinct dimensions. These are: poor housing conditions, house price appreciation, public-sector housing provision, h…
The Determinants of Housing Tenure Choice in Ibadan, Nigeria
This paper estimates housing tenure choice models for the Ibadan housing market in Nigeria. The empirical analysis based on a logit regression model reveals that the key determi- i-nants of the probability of home-ownership are: income, the investment motive for home-ownership, number of children in the house, gender of the head of household, stage in family life-cycle, length of stay in the city and access to land on the basis of ethnic qualific…
The Income Elasticity of Demand in a Sub-Saharan African Housing Market
Very little is known about the behaviour of housing demand in sub-Saharan housing markets. This ostensibly is due to the dearth of such studies in this region. In this paper the author estimates the parameters of the demand for housing, using data drawn from the city of Ibadan in Nigeria. The empirical analysis, in which housing is viewed as a composite product, reveals that the demand for housing is income inelastic. Specifically, income-elastic…
Hedonic Prices and the Demand for Housing Attributes in a Third World City
This paper estimates the demand functions for a set of housing attributes for the city of Ibadan, Nigeria, using Rosen's two-step estimation procedure. The empirical results reveal that the most important determinants of the demand for housing attributes are: income, price of the attribute in question, household size and the occupational status of the head of household. The paper further indicates that the demand for housing attributes is inelast…
Compliance with urban development and planning regulations in Ibadan, Nigeria
The Determinants of Housing Tenure Choice in Ibadan, Nigeria
This paper estimates housing tenure choice models for the Ibadan housing market in Nigeria. The empirical analysis based on a logit regression model reveals that the key determi- i-nants of the probability of home-ownership are: income, the investment motive for home-ownership, number of children in the house, gender of the head of household, stage in family life-cycle, length of stay in the city and access to land on the basis of ethnic qualific…
Hedonic Prices and the Demand for Housing Attributes in a Third World City
This paper estimates the demand functions for a set of housing attributes for the city of Ibadan, Nigeria, using Rosen's two-step estimation procedure. The empirical results reveal that the most important determinants of the demand for housing attributes are: income, price of the attribute in question, household size and the occupational status of the head of household. The paper further indicates that the demand for housing attributes is inelast…
The Income Elasticity of Demand in a Sub-Saharan African Housing Market
Very little is known about the behaviour of housing demand in sub-Saharan housing markets. This ostensibly is due to the dearth of such studies in this region. In this paper the author estimates the parameters of the demand for housing, using data drawn from the city of Ibadan in Nigeria. The empirical analysis, in which housing is viewed as a composite product, reveals that the demand for housing is income inelastic. Specifically, income-elastic…
What Drives Infrastructure Spending in Cities of Developing Countries
There exists a dearth of empirical studies on what determines infrastructure spending in cities of developing countries. This in part can be attributed to the absence of quality data and the tendency for researchers to gloss over variations in infrastructure expenditure in or across developing world cities in the general belief that investment in infrastructure is generally low. Using the United Nations Human Settlements Programme's global urban …
Housing-sector Performance in Global Perspective
This paper measures and accounts for variations in housing-sector performance using the UNCHS and World Bank's Housing Indicators database of a diverse sample of 52 cities. The first stage of the empirical analysis, based on a principal components analysis, indicates that housing-sector performance can be evaluated in terms of six distinct dimensions. These are: poor housing conditions, house price appreciation, public-sector housing provision, h…
Hedonic Prices and the Demand for Housing Attributes in a Third World City
This paper estimates the demand functions for a set of housing attributes for the city of Ibadan, Nigeria, using Rosen's two-step estimation procedure. The empirical results reveal that the most important determinants of the demand for housing attributes are: income, price of the attribute in question, household size and the occupational status of the head of household. The paper further indicates that the demand for housing attributes is inelast…
The Income Elasticity of Demand in a Sub-Saharan African Housing Market
Very little is known about the behaviour of housing demand in sub-Saharan housing markets. This ostensibly is due to the dearth of such studies in this region. In this paper the author estimates the parameters of the demand for housing, using data drawn from the city of Ibadan in Nigeria. The empirical analysis, in which housing is viewed as a composite product, reveals that the demand for housing is income inelastic. Specifically, income-elastic…
The Determinants of Housing Tenure Choice in Ibadan, Nigeria
This paper estimates housing tenure choice models for the Ibadan housing market in Nigeria. The empirical analysis based on a logit regression model reveals that the key determi- i-nants of the probability of home-ownership are: income, the investment motive for home-ownership, number of children in the house, gender of the head of household, stage in family life-cycle, length of stay in the city and access to land on the basis of ethnic qualific…
Energy transition and its implications for environmentally sustainable development in Africa
Energy transition is the process whereby there is an increase in the volume and proportion of commercial energy, to the extent that it replaces traditional fuels as the main source of energy and having enormous implications for the physical and biotic environment. This energy-environment process has rarely been the focus of research investigation in Africa. Using cross-national data drawn from the African continent, this paper examines and accoun…
Compliance with urban development and planning regulations in Ibadan, Nigeria
Housing-sector Performance in Global Perspective
This paper measures and accounts for variations in housing-sector performance using the UNCHS and World Bank's Housing Indicators database of a diverse sample of 52 cities. The first stage of the empirical analysis, based on a principal components analysis, indicates that housing-sector performance can be evaluated in terms of six distinct dimensions. These are: poor housing conditions, house price appreciation, public-sector housing provision, h…
Poverty Reduction and Human Development in Africa
This paper uses cross-national data to investigate the extent to which the adoption of human development strategies has resulted in a reduction of poverty in Africa. Inter-country variations in income and human poverty reinforce the established patterns of well-being within the continent, as countries in Northern and Southern Africa have the lowest levels of poverty. The empirical analysis reveals that inter- country differences in poverty levels…
What Drives Infrastructure Spending in Cities of Developing Countries
There exists a dearth of empirical studies on what determines infrastructure spending in cities of developing countries. This in part can be attributed to the absence of quality data and the tendency for researchers to gloss over variations in infrastructure expenditure in or across developing world cities in the general belief that investment in infrastructure is generally low. Using the United Nations Human Settlements Programme's global urban …
Economics (8 works) · Economic growth (6 works) · Geography (6 works) · Business (5 works) · Housing Market and Economics (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Urban and Rural Development Challenges (5 works) · Demographic economics (3 works) · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (3 works) · Labour economics (3 works)