Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/204953 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
AGDI Working Paper No. WP/19/006
Publisher: 
African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI), Yaoundé
Abstract: 
This research examines the relevance of inclusive development in modulating the role of governance on environmental degradation. The study focuses on forty-four countries in sub- Saharan Africa for the period 2000-2012. The Generalised Method of Moments is employed as the empirical strategy and CO 2 emissions per capita is used to measure environmental pollution. Bundled and unbundled governance dynamics are employed, notably: political governance (consisting of political stability/no violence and "voice and accountability"), economic governance (encompassing government effectiveness and regulation quality), institutional governance (entailing corruption-control and the rule of law), and general governance (a composite measure of political governance, economic governance and institutional governance). The following main findings are established. First, the underlying net effect in the moderating role of inclusive development in the governance- CO 2 emissions nexus is not significant in regressions pertaining to political governance and economic governance. Second, there are positive net effects from the relevance of inclusive development in modulating the effects of regulation quality, economic governance and general governance on CO 2 emissions. The significant and insignificant effects are elucidated. Policy implications are discussed.
Subjects: 
CO2 emissions
Governance
Sustainable development
Sub-Saharan Africa
JEL: 
C52
O38
O40
O55
P37
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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