Determinants of governance institutional quality in sub-saharan africa

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Richard Grabowski ◽  
Sharmistha Self
Keyword(s):  
Institutional Quality ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Sub Saharan

scholarly journals THE ROLE OF FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND INSTITUTIONAL QUALITY ON ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN COUNTRIES

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (9) ◽  
pp. 156-177
Author(s):  
Aliyu Alhaji Jibrilla
Keyword(s):  
Financial Development ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Emissions ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Institutional Quality ◽  
Environmental Conservation ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Pooled Mean Group ◽  
Sub Saharan

This study addresses the question of financial development and institutional quality influence on the environmental sustainability of some 13 countries from the sub-Saharan Africa. Relying upon pooled mean group (PMG) for panel data, we provide evidence which suggest that both financial development and institutional quality are statistically significant determinants of per capita carbon dioxide emissions in the region. More specifically, we found that without healthy institutions and sound financial system sub-Saharan African countries might not avoid environmental degradation experienced by advanced nations during their early stage of economic progress. Our results also support the EKC hypothesis in the region.  In addition, the paper also shows that more openness to FDI inflows is good for the environment across the SSA. These findings suggest the need for institutional and financial service reform that supports robust environmental conservation.

scholarly journals Relationship between Public Debt Burden and Health Expenditure in Sub-Saharan African Countries: The Role of Institutional Quality

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rusmawati Said ◽  
Abdullahi Sani Morai
Keyword(s):  
Public Debt ◽  
Health Expenditure ◽  
Institutional Quality ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
African Countries ◽  
The Public ◽  
Debt Burden ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
The Relationship

The historically lower level of public health expenditure of sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries could be partly explained by the mounting debt burden of this region. This consumes a sizable proportion of their domestic resources to debt servicing and potentially decreases their overall budgetary allocations to various sectors in the economy and health expenditure in particular. Using the Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) approach on a sample of 43 sub-Saharan African countries, we examined the relationship between the public debt burden and health expenditure highlighting the role of institutional quality for the period 2000 – 2014. The empirical result confirms that the relationship between public debt burden and health expenditure in sub-Saharan Africa is negative. Interestingly, however, the marginal effect of the relationship between the public debt burden and health expenditure has shown that such a negative relationship turns out to be positive when the quality of the institutions is at maximum. This suggests that the relationship between the public debt burden and health expenditure in sub-Saharan Africa is a function of institutional quality.  Therefore, to minimize the negative impact of public debt on health expenditure in sub-Saharan Africa, governments should take determine stand to minimize its debt accumulation and intensify efforts toward the improvement of institutional quality in the region comprehensively.

scholarly journals Mobile phones, institutional quality and entrepreneurship in Sub-Saharan Africa

2018 ◽  
Vol 131 ◽  
pp. 183-203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simplice A. Asongu ◽  
Jacinta C. Nwachukwu ◽  
Stella-Maris I. Orim
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Phones ◽  
Institutional Quality ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Sub Saharan

scholarly journals Institutional quality, foreign direct investment, and economic development in sub-Saharan Africa

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Folasade Bosede Adegboye ◽  
Romanus Osabohien ◽  
Felicia O. Olokoyo ◽  
Oluwatoyin Matthew ◽  
Oluwasogo Adediran
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Institutional Quality ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Sub Saharan

scholarly journals Institutional Quality and Health Outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 22
Author(s):  
Idrissa Ouedraogo ◽  
Issa Dianda ◽  
Iyewumi Titilope Adeyele
Keyword(s):  
Health Outcomes ◽  
Least Squares Method ◽  
Institutional Quality ◽  
Political Stability ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Production Model ◽  
Health Production ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Control Of Corruption ◽  
Improve Health

The objective of this research is to identify the institutional dimensions that are the most relevant to the improvement of health outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa. To this end, institutional quality measures are integrated into a health production model. This model is estimated by the Two-stage least squares method on a panel of 45 countries observed over the period 1996-2018. The data used are from the World Bank. The results show that the most relevant institutional dimensions that improve health outcomes in the region are by order: rule of law, control of corruption, government effectiveness, voice and accountability and political stability and absence of violence. For these reasons, African decision-makers who often have limited resources can focus on a few key components of these institutional qualities or their combinations to improve health outcomes in their countries.

scholarly journals Trade openness, institutions and economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 541-560
Author(s):  
Taiwo AKINLO ◽  
Charles Olalekan OKUNLOLA
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Interactive Effect ◽  
Trade Openness ◽  
Institutional Quality ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Law And Order ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Nonlinear Growth ◽  
Government Stability ◽  
Sub Saharan

This research investigates the interactive effect of trade openness and the institutional quality on economic growth in sub-Sahara Africa. The sample consists of 38 sub-Saharan African countries and covers the period 1986-2015. Pooled OLS, fixed effect, and Dynamic GMM were used as estimation techniques. The empirical section used a nonlinear growth regression specification that interacts trade openness with law and order, bureaucratic quality, corruption, government stability, and democratic accountability. The study found that corruption, government stability, law and order, and bureaucratic quality as institutional quality variables harm economic growth. The interaction of trade openness and institutional quality variables positively impacted economic growth. It is an indication that trade openness better impacted economic growth in the presence of high-quality institutional variables.

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