Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/204948 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
AGDI Working Paper No. WP/19/011
Publisher: 
African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI), Yaoundé
Abstract: 
This study investigates the relevance of government quality in moderating the incidence of environmental degradation on inclusive human development in 44 sub-Saharan African countries for the period 2000-2012. Environmental degradation is measured with CO2 emissions and the governance dynamics include: political stability, voice and accountability, government effectiveness, regulation quality, the rule of law and corruption-control. The empirical evidence is based on the Generalised Method of Moments. Regulation quality modulates CO2 emissions to exert a net negative effect on inclusive development. Institutional governance (consisting of corruption-control and the rule of law) modulates CO2 emissions to also exert a net negative effect on inclusive human development. Fortunately, the corresponding interactive effects are positive, which indicates that good governance needs to be enhanced to achieve positive net effects. A policy threshold of institutional governance a t which institutional governance completely dampens the unfavourable effect of CO2 emissions on inclusive human development is established. Other policy implications are discussed.
Subjects: 
CO2 emissions
Economic development
Africa
JEL: 
C52
O38
O40
O55
P37
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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