State fragility and violent uprisings in Nigeria

Tonwe, Daniel Adetoritse; Eke, Surulola

doi:10.1080/10246029.2013.838794

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“…An eloquent example is the case of Western-born andeducated youth joining ISIL (Foster, 2014). Furthermore, Tonwe and Eke (2013) maintain that the fundamental cause of Nigeria's Boko Haram is traceable to the fact that the Northern region of the country is less developed compared to the Southern region. We employ the inequality adjusted human development index (IHDI) as a proxy for inclusive development because of constraints in data availability (e.g.…”

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The Comparative African Economics of Governance in Fighting Terrorism

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Disclaimer: AFEA Working Papers describe research in progress by the author(s) that has been peer-reviewed and forthcoming in scientific outlets. There is a tacit acknowledgement of anonymous referees for constructive suggestions and critiques that have helped improve the content and rigour of the study. Each research stands on its merit and the views expressed in AFEA Working Papers are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the views of the AFEA, its Executive Board, or AFEA management. AbstractThis study assesses the comparative economics of governance in fighting terrorism in 53 African countries for period 1996-2012. Four terrorism variables are used, namely: domestic, transnational, unclear and total terrorism dynamics. Nine bundled and unbundled governance variables are employed, notably: political stability/no violence, voice & accountability, political governance, government effectiveness, regulation quality, economic governance, corruption-control, the rule of law and institutional governance. The empirical evidence is based on Fixed Effects regressions. In the analytical procedure, we first bundle governance indicators by means of principal component analysis before engaging the empirical exercise with the full sample. In the final step, specifications are based on a decomposed full sample in order to articulate the fundamental characteristics for comparative purposes. The following broad findings are established. First, good governance is an appealing tool in fighting terrorism. Second, the relevance of the good governance dynamics is as follows in order of increasing relevance: economic governance, institutional governance and political governance. The findings are presented in increasing order of magnitude to emphasise fundamental features in which governance dynamics have the highest effect in mitigating terrorism. JEL Classification: C52; D74; F42; O38 ; P37

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The Comparative African Economics of Governance in Fighting Terrorism

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“…This is specifically the case with some Western-educated fighters joining ISIL (Foster 2014). Moreover, one of the root causes of the Boko Haram of Nigeria is the less developed northern Nigerian region when compared to the more prosperous Southern part of the country (Tonwe and Eke 2013). The inequality adjusted human development index (IHDI) is used to proxy for inclusive development (see Asongu et al 2015b) because of data availability constraints in the Gini index of inequality.…”

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Fighting terrorism in Africa: evidence from bundling and unbundling institutions

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This study assesses government mechanisms in the fight against terrorism with particular emphasis on the bundling and unbundling of ten governance dynamics. The empirical evidence is based on a panel of 53 African countries for period 1998-2012 and GeneralizedMethod of Moments. The following findings are established. First, for the most part, political governance and its constituents respectively have negative effects on all terrorism dynamics, with the following consistent increasing order of negative magnitude: unclear terrorism, transnational terrorism, domestic terrorism and total terrorism. Second, overwhelmingly for economic and institutional governances, the governance dynamics and their constituent components affect terrorism negatively, with the magnitude on domestic terrorism consistently higher than that on transnational terrorism. Third, for most specifications, the effect of general governance is consistently negative on terrorism variables.Theoretical and practical policy implications are discussed.

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“…They argue that the implementation of the fiscal and wage austerity in an economy that lacks structure competitiveness produces recession and unemployment which have adverse effects on financial fragility. Tonwe and Eke (2013) based their research in Nigeria as they study state fragility and violent uprisings. They make their case from the emergence of the Islamic sect, Boko Haram, and its transformation into a terrorist organization.…”

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Fragility of State in Central African Republic: An Econometric Approach to Efficiency Understanding

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2018

Global Business Review

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A fragile state contributes to the underdevelopment of the nation and its consequences can be very devastating on the state’s cohesion, characterized by a high level of corruption which led the country to an incessant political instability and the continuous presence of foreign troops. 1 This article used the vector autoregresssion (VAR) model covering the period of 2005–2015 to examine the impact of control of corruption on the fragility of the state in the Central African Republic (CAR). The results show that control of corruption is significant and has a negative impact on the fragility of the state in the short run. The impulse response shows a negative impact of control of corruption in the short run but a positive impact in the long run on the fragility of the state. The policy implications of this fragility are that the CAR must pursue better governance as well as in the investment choices. Unless the CAR leaders and citizens recognize their own fragility, things can only get worse.

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State fragility and violent uprisings in Nigeria

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The Comparative African Economics of Governance in Fighting Terrorism

The Comparative African Economics of Governance in Fighting Terrorism

Fighting terrorism in Africa: evidence from bundling and unbundling institutions

Fragility of State in Central African Republic: An Econometric Approach to Efficiency Understanding

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