Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/204977 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
AGDI Working Paper No. WP/18/055
Publisher: 
African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI), Yaoundé
Abstract: 
This study assesses the comparative economics of governance in fighting terrorism in 53 African countries for period 1996-2012. Four terrorism variables are used, namely: domestic, transnational, unclear and total terrorism dynamics. Nine 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 institutional governance. The empirical evidence is based on Fixed Effects regressions. In the analytical procedure, we first bundle governa nce indicators by means of principal component analysis before engaging the empirical exercise with the full sample. In the final step, specifications are based on a decomposed full sample in order to articulate the fundamental characteristics for comparative purposes. The following broad findings are established. First, good governance is an appealing tool in fighting terrorism. Second, the relevance of the good governance dynamics is as follows in order of increasing relevance: economic governance, institutional governance and political governance. The findings are presented in increasing order of magnitude to emphasise fundamental features in which governance dyna mic s have the highest effect in mitigating terrorism.
Subjects: 
Terrorism
Governance
Africa
JEL: 
C52
D74
F42
O38
P37
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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