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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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This study contributes to the attendant literature by bundling governance dynamics and focusing on foreign aid … instability instead of foreign aid. We assess the role of foreign aid instabilit y on governance dynamics in fifty three African …: total aid, aid from multilateral donors and bilateral aid. Principal Component Analysis is used to bundle governance …
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This study assesses the comparative economics of governance in fighting terrorism in 53 African countries for period … bundled and unbundled governance variables are employed, notably: political stability/no violence, voice & accountability …, political governance, government effectiveness, regulation quality, economic governance, corruption-control, the rule of law and …
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This study examines how income-driven governance affects inclusive human development in Sub-Saharan Africa with data …. Nine bundled and unbundled concepts of governance are used: political (voice & accountability and political stability …) governances. The main finding is that "middle income"-driven governance has a higher effect on inclusive human development than …
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through governance channels are sparse, especially for a region such as sub-Saharan Africa where insurance penetration is low …Purpose - This study investigates the role of ICT in modulating the effect of governance on insurance penetration in 42 … include: mobile phone penetration, internet penetration and fixed broadband subscriptions. Six governance channels are also …
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effect of terrorism on governance. Design/methodology/approach- It is based on 53 African countries for the period 1998 …-2012 and interactive Generalised Method of Moments is employed. Six governance indicators from the World Bank and two terrorism …. There is a negative net effect on governance (regulation quality and corruption-control) when inclusive human development is …
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moderation of governance quality on the tourism-inclusive growth nexus. The investigation is made using the GMM as an estimation … technique. The result indicates that tourism and governance quality appear to promote inclusive growth. Moreover, the results … indicate that good quality of institutions or governance could complement tourism development to promote inclusive growth, as …
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