Governance Quality and Sustainable Development: Insights from the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in Africa

Adeyemi Adebayo (), Barry Ackers (), Olayinka Erin () and Alex Adegboye ()
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Adeyemi Adebayo: University of South Africa
Barry Ackers: University of South Africa
Olayinka Erin: University of South Africa
Alex Adegboye: Covenant University

Public Organization Review, 2025, vol. 25, issue 2, No 3, 439-464

Abstract: Abstract We examine the effect of governance quality on sustainable development in Africa. We focus on 48 African countries for the period of 2010 to 2022 using the Generalized Method of Moments framework to analyze the data. We measured sustainable development through three key variables: sustainable economic development, sustainable social development and sustainable environmental development. The findings of this study provides a strong evidence that governance quality plays a critical role in promoting sustainable development. Thus, the empirical evidence in this study largely proves a strong and robust link between the governance quality and sustainable development in Africa.

Keywords: Africa; Economic sustainability; Environmental sustainability; Governance quality; Sustainable development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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