2021
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpolmod.2020.01.014
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Fighting terrorism in Africa: Complementarity between inclusive development, military expenditure and political stability

Abstract: This study examines complementarities between inclusive development, military expenditure and political stability in the fight against terrorism in 53 African countries for the period 1998-2012. Hence the policy variables employed in the study are inclusive development, military expenditure and political stability. The empirical evidence is based on Generalised Method of Moments (GMM) with forward orthogonal deviations. The paper reports three main findings. Firstly, military expenditure and inclusive developm… Show more

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“…Asongu et al (2021) analyzed that political stability is paramount for military expenditure and tourism. Political stability should be significant in a country, complementing the revenue generation sectors and leading to inclusive growth.…”
Section: Literature Reviewmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Asongu et al (2021) analyzed that political stability is paramount for military expenditure and tourism. Political stability should be significant in a country, complementing the revenue generation sectors and leading to inclusive growth.…”
Section: Literature Reviewmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The lacunae of the tourism sector due to terrorist attacks can be mitigated by sound policies and advisory (Ranga & Pradhan, 2014). Asongu et al (2021) analyzed that political stability is paramount for military expenditure and tourism. Political stability should be significant in a country, complementing the revenue generation sectors and leading to inclusive growth.…”
Section: Literature Reviewmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Here, the positive or negative impact of institutional quality on military spending will depend on the stages of development of the countries and their state of safety and security and the threat from foreign entities. In other words, the degree of the spending ambitions of a country's neighbours and adversaries could also be a contributing factor (see, for example, Collier and Hoe er, 2002; Asongu et al, 2021;Phillips, 2015).…”
Section: Links Between Institutional Quality and Military Expenditurementioning
confidence: 99%