Public debt is a key issue for government institutions, both because of the amount of its
revenues, which partly compensate for the possible shortfall in tax collection, and because it …

Purpose This study aims to re-examine the corruption and sustainable development nexus
in Africa and offer a contemporary analytical review and analysis of that relationship in the …

Major international institutions like the World Bank, African Union, and International
Monetary Fund have made the development of robust governance systems a “sacred …

Developing countries often encounter budget deficits by taking loans from internal and
external sources. The effectiveness of public debt has been a long debate in the seminal …

We revisit the resource curse theory, producing empirical evidence of the importance of
natural resources on the cyclical orientation of public debt. Using the Driscoll-Kraay fixed …

This chapter quantifies, outlines, and analyzes the nexus between corruption and
sustainable development in Africa. It employs the relevant disaggregated data and also …

Purpose Debt sustainability and the growing level of external debt in sub-Saharan African
(SSA) continue to be significant research priorities. This study aims to examine the …

Despite the ensuing fiscal and trade deficits marred by structural problems of backward
agriculture, technological deficiency (and hence significant importing of capital goods), and …

Public debt plays a major role in financing projects that support economic growth and
sustainable development. As governments may choose between domestic and external …

Purpose This paper aims to answer the following important questions: Is public debt in Sub-
Saharan African (SSA) countries sustainable? What are the determinants of public debt …