Governance quality, remittances and their implications for food and nutrition security in Sub-Saharan Africa

Has Fiscal Decentralization Influenced the Quality of Life in Sub-Saharan Africa? Empirical Evidence From Nigeria

“…The inverse relationship between the revenue of sub national governments and expenditure is also related to the transfer of public funds to private use and the resulting high levels of inequality Nigeria. Rabnawaz (2014) and Ogunniyi et al, (2020) explained that high levels of corruption in government lead to inequality in the monetary system and it in turn has negative effects on economic growth. The impulse response function in Figures 3 and 4 shows that the trend of household expenditure rebounds after the shock between period 2 and 4, after which the response of household expenditure to changes in revenue and expenditure of state and local governments in Nigeria becomes minimal.…”

“…The availability of these resources however depends on the extent to which governments invest in them (Cigu et al, 2019;Onifade et al, 2020). Globally, economic policies are often made not only to improve the people's access to resources but also to promote their contribution to the growth and development of their nations (Chakamera and Alagidede, 2018;Ogunniyi et al, 2020). Meanwhile, Africa suffers from multidimensional deprivation of access to productivity enhancing resources (Cleeve et al, 2015;Ogundari and Awokuse, 2018).…”

“…The continent has the highest proportion of people with the lowest access to basic amenities such as electricity, clean water and good roads (Ajakaiye and Ncube, 2010;Alves, 2013;Kodongo and Ojah, 2016). A significant proportion of diseases in the world are also found in Sub-Saharan Africa (International Finance Corporation, 2016;Ogunniyi et al, 2020) as the region still has the highest rates of mortality and malnutrition across the world (Ogunniyi et al, 2020).…”

“…One of the fundamental barriers to people's access to economic resources in SSA is the poor level of investment by governments in the region (Danquah and Ouattara, 2014;Cleeve et al, 2015;Ogundari and Awokuse, 2018;Ogunniyi et al, 2020). The system of governance adopted by any country has great influence on how economic resources are distributed (Ogunniyi et al, 2020). Many governments particularly in Africa and around the world are adopting government decentralization as a major policy reform to improve the quality of governance and improving wellbeing of citizens.…”

The Impact of Quality Foundational Skills on Youth Employment in Africa: Does Institutional Quality Matter?

“…According to Rodrik et al (2004), quality institutional and financial structures are crucial to all economic phenomena because they determine the outcome efficiency of all investments in economic processes. Several studies have argued broadly that local institutional conditions and access to finance are crucial in shaping trajectories of economic growth indicators, including unemployment rates, in different regions of the world (Rodríguez-Pose & Storper 2006;Tanveer Choudhry et al 2012;Rodríguez-Pose 2013;Ogunniyi et al 2018;Opeyemi et al 2019;Ogunniyi et al 2020). However, most of the existing studies focus only on the impact of government policies that are targeted directly at economic growth indicators such as unemployment, with less attention paid to the relevance of the institutional structures, such as the rule of law, political stability, voice and accountability, and the government's effectiveness as well as its ability to control corruption.…”