Crimes and conflicts are seriously undermining African development. This article assesses the best governance tools in … population density. Justifications for the edge of corruption-control (as the most effective governance tool) and policy …

countries are relevant for Africa. Second, when the concept of governance is not restricted to corruption, the findings become …The Kangoye (2013, TDE) findings on the negative nexus between foreign aid unpredictability and governance could … (2012, JDS) literature, we first confirm Kangoye's findings. Then extend the concept of governance from corruption to …

This paper examines how Africa's share in the contribution to global scientific knowledge can be boosted with existing …

contributions to and dissemination of knowledge through scientific and technical publications in Africa. IPRs laws (treaties) on …

-institutions’ literature by examining how aid instabilities affect an aggregate index of governance dynamics in Africa. … is shifting to how aid instability affects governance in developing countries. We engage the policy debate by assessing … the role of foreign aid instability on governance dynamics in fifty three African countries for the period 1996 …

This study assesses the mobile phone in the diffusion of knowledge for better governance in sub-Saharan Africa for the … phones in mitigating bad governance in Africa. The evidence of some insignificant net effects and decreasing marginal impacts … quality) and ten governance indicators that are bundled and unbundled. The following are the main findings. First, there is an …

This study assesses the effect of globalisation on governance in 51 African countries for the period 1996-2011. Ten … bundled and unbundled governance indicators and four globalisation variables are used. The empirical evidence is based on … Generalised Method of Moments. The following findings are established. First, on political governance, only social globalisation …

This study investigates the effect of governance on capital flight by bundling and unbundling governance. The empirical … evidence is based on 37 African countries for the period 1996-2010 and the Generalised Method of Moments. Governance is bundled … by principal component analysis, namely: (i) political governance from political stability and ‘voice and accountability …

The study empirically examined the impact of governance on domestic investment in 16 African countries with a balanced … panel data set, between the years 2002 and 2015. The study employed six unbundled governance indicators from the World Bank …, World Governance Indicators and constructed three bundled governance indicators using the Principal Component Analysis. The …

This study assesses linkages between social media and governance dynamics in 49 African countries for the year 2012 …. The empirical evidence is based on ordinary least squares and quantile regressions. Ten bundled and unbundled governance … dynamics are used, notably: (i) polit ical governance (entailing "voice & accountability" and political stability/no violence …