Sub‐Saharan Africa: Towards better governance and sustainability?
Helmut K. Anheier,
Christian Fröhlich,
Regina A. List
Abstract:The countries of the Sub‐Saharan region have, on average, made significant progress in governance performance, especially in terms of democratic accountability and public goods provision—findings that seem to contradict patterns of state fragility and economic underdevelopment common in the region. This article explores this seeming contradiction and presents in more detail findings from the Berggruen Governance Index regarding the governance performance of five countries, namely Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal… Show more
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