Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/228055 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
AGDI Working Paper No. WP/20/078
Publisher: 
African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI), Yaoundé
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 institutions-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 balanced 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.
Subjects: 
Institutions
Governance
Environmental Sustainability
system GMM
Africa
JEL: 
E62
G13
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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