Controlling Corruption in Africa: A Governance Approach

Hope, Kempe Ronald

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-50191-8_5

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“…When the rural-urban vicinity is perceived as a collection of resources, ethical competence is based on trans-territorial logic to generate benefit incidence leading to network and clusters (Hjalager, 2017). Equitable power distribution and the shaping of smooth allocation of resources leads to institutional strengthening at the interfaces (Hope, 2017). Good governance of the rural-urban interface could reduce migration, as ethical realization strengthens a sense of place as a preference to agricultural landscape and urban greens.…”

Section: Governance For Benefit Incidence Innovation Network and Knowledge Clustersmentioning

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Decovidization Through Rurbanization: The Re-Development Option for Sustainable Energy Access

Sen¹

2020

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As the energy infrastructure is re-orienting to cater to de-covidization, this paper posits the rurbanization option. De-covidization is defined as actionable options to migrate from the corona virus pandemic, seen through the lens of sustainable energy access. De-covidating would imply 'build and retrofitback better' with respect to energy access. De-covidization has implications on scale, locale, alignment for energy access in the rurbanized format. The locale and reach of rurbanized energy access need to blend with living habitat. This paper is on the construct of de-covidization through grass-roots up energy access options through an innovation, rurbanization. Rurbanization refers to rural-urban aligned resource corridors that offer potential for sustainable energy access. Rurban interface is a metric that assesses the possibility of redesigning and rescaling carbon proof energy access options. There is sparse literature on the concept of rurbanization that hybridizes benefit incidence and network views on urban-rural interfaces. The focus is sustainable energy access. The paper conceptualizes rurbanization to bridge the gap in the research that emanates from the propensity of urban megapolises to create clutter, which results in degraded ecology, air pollution, health hazards, lower quality of life, gender inequity, and vulnerability to natural disasters. This has exacerbated during the current global pandemic. As de-covidating initiatives are unleashed, the energy access would need appropriate and manageable scale. Urbanization cannot be sustained without a robust rural interface.

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Section: Governance For Benefit Incidence Innovation Network and Knowledge Clustersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Decovidization Through Rurbanization: The Re-Development Option for Sustainable Energy Access

Sen¹

2020

IJEEP

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The effects of fiscal governance on fiscal performance in Sub‐Saharan Africa

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Fiscal governance implemented around the globe offer useful information on the potential viable reasons for its increasing dependence and their implication for fiscal performance. This paper investigates the effects of fiscal governance in explaining the fiscal performance of countries in Africa. The paper uses a panel data of 43 countries from worldwide databases spanning from 1985 to 2011. The random effects model approach is used to analyse the data based on the diagnostic tests. Additionally, the panel corrected standard errors and Hausmann and Taylor estimation models are used to test the robustness of our results to further correct for possible errors and endogeneity in the regressors.The empirical analysis shows that fiscal policy rules and institutions have statistically significant effect on fiscal performance. The results from all the methods indicate higher coefficients of the expenditure rule relative to the other rules. This trend suggests the suitability of the adoption of the expenditure rule within the Sub-Saharan African environment. This could be partly explained by the fact that, the restrictions placed on expenditures with the aim of controlling excessive spending behaviours of fiscal authorities have been very successful in influencing fiscal deficits in Sub-Saharan Africa. This study contributes to the literature on the implication of the adoption of fiscal governance in African countries. The policy message to stakeholders is that, fiscal governance should be further strengthened to improve fiscal performance.

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