Corruption and state capacity in sub-Saharan Africa: A cross country analysis
| dc.contributor.author | Akande, Rashidat Sumbola | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-04-07T12:43:43Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-04-07T12:43:43Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 0217 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Corruption has been a major hindrance to the development of most African states. Corruption in governance can distort policymaking and therefore affect state capacity. The capacity of the state is divided into the extractive (fiscal capacity) and productive capacity (legal capacity). This study focused on the extractive capacity and did a cross-country regression analysis using panel data across the Sub-Saharan Africa region to explore the fixed and random effect specification of the variables. The result obtained indicated that corruption has a negative influence on the fiscal capacity (measured as tax revenue) of countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. The paper also showed that corruption alone might have no significant effect on tax revenue if governance is not included. This implies that good governance is a very important determinant of state capacity, and it is highly correlated with corruption. The result suggests that good governance which includes its key requirements of accountability, transparency, political stability, and rule of law, will improve the fiscal capacity of a state, as this will make corruption difficult to take root. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://kwasuspace.kwasu.edu.ng/handle/123456789/4916 | |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | 4 | |
| dc.title | Corruption and state capacity in sub-Saharan Africa: A cross country analysis |