Does democracy enhance economic growth? The case of Anglophone West Africa

dc.contributor.authorOwusu-Sekyere, Emmanuel
dc.contributor.authorJonas, S.
dc.coverage.spatialAfrica
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-29T09:09:02Z
dc.date.available2017-06-29T09:09:02Z
dc.date.created2017-06
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractThis article investigates the relationship between democracy and economic growth in five Anglophone West African countries using annual data from 1970 to 2014 and dynamic panel data estimation techniques which control for endogeneity, heteroscedasticity and spatial effects. The findings for the full sample estimation show a negative relationship between democracy and economic growth, however country specific differences apply. Consistent with the sceptical view we conclude that several other factors influence the ability of countries to grow, besides which political regime is in place. These factors among others are capital investments, human capital development, a productive labour force and technological progress.en_ZA
dc.format.extent9 pagesen_ZA
dc.format.mediumJournalen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationOwusu-Sekyere, E.andJonas, S. 2017. Does democracy enhance economic growth? : the case of Anglophone West Africa. African Journal of Public Affairs, 9(6): 50-58.
dc.identifier.issn1997-7441
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/61228
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherAfrican Consortium of Public Administrationen_ZA
dc.rightsAfrican Consortium of Public Administration © 2017en_ZA
dc.subjectDemocracyen_ZA
dc.subjectEconomic Growthen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshPublic administration--Africa
dc.titleDoes democracy enhance economic growth? The case of Anglophone West Africaen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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