On the search for environmental sustainability in Africa: the role of governance
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RESEARCH ARTICLE
On the search for environmental sustainability in Africa: the role of governance Ibrahim Ayoade Adekunle 1,2 Received: 1 April 2020 / Accepted: 26 October 2020 # Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2020
Abstract Africa remains the most affected by environmental degradation, thereby exacerbating the negative effect of climate change in the region. Little empirical credence has been leaned to the institution-environmental sustainability relationship in Africa. This omission in the literature of environmental sustainability is abysmal, considering the role of institutions and government in ecological preservation. To inform policy and research on the subject matter, we estimated a unbalanced panel data of the indices of good governance and strong institutions to explain transformation to environmental sustainability using the dynamic system generalised method of moment estimator from 1996 through 2017. Findings suggested a positive relationship between the rule of law and regulatory quality and transformation to environmental sustainability. An inverse relationship between government effectiveness and environmental sustainability was established. We recommended concerted effort at an institutional level such that policy and punishment for violation of greenhouse strategies will be optimum. Keywords Institutions . Governance . Environmental sustainability . System GMM . Africa JEL classification E62 . G13
Introduction The literature on environmental sustainability has grown tremendously, but with little or no experimental proof to show the dominant influence that institutions and governance play in the quest for environmental sustainability in Africa, thus leaving out essential elements that could trigger a paradigm shift from the convention environmental sustainability pursuit management in Africa. It is, therefore, necessary to identify the quantitative impact of institutions and governance on environmental management as well as innovative and practical pathways that can address the seemingly inexorable trends in global environmental change in Africa (Ahenkan and OseiKojo 2014). Africa environment has been changing for years, Responsible Editor: Philippe Garrigues * Ibrahim Ayoade Adekunle [email protected] 1
Department of Economics, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, Nigeria
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European Xtramile Centre of African Studies, Liège, Belgium
but the broader concerns of public health deterioration remain unresolved. In Africa, challenges of environmental pollution, rising population growth, and inaccessibility to clean water are some of the impediments recorded in the public health discourse (Hsieh and Shannon 2005). From the problems of gas flaring in the Niger Delta in Nigeria to malnutrition in Somalia and oil spillage in Angola, the Africa environmental degradation cases go on and on causing nearly one out of four deaths in the region (World Health Organization 2014). Since the development of Africa nations has been linked to industrialisation, the growth t
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