Leveraging governance and accountability for advancing sustainable development goals in Africa

dc.contributor.authorOppong, Clement
dc.date.accessioned2025-04-24T12:44:17Z
dc.date.available2025-04-24T12:44:17Z
dc.date.issued2025-06
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND : The United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Agenda 2030 is bent on achieving sustainable development with a key focus on governance and accountability. African countries are among the many other nations that face significant challenges such as corruption, weak institutional structures, limited rule of law, and political instability that affect developmental progress. AIM : The study explores how these weaknesses can be addressed using governance and accountability as a sustainable development vehicle. MATERIALS AND METHODS : The paper analyzes the composite SDG Index (SDGI) using data from Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) and SDGs databases for 48 sub-Saharan countries for the 2016–2020 period. Feasible Generalized Least Squares (FGLS) and Two-Step System Generalised Method of Moments (TS-GMM) were employed for the data analysis. RESULTS : The results show that, though regulatory quality and governance effectiveness showed no significant relationship, the control of corruption, rule of law, political stability, and voice and accountability affect SDGI significantly. DISCUSSION : The study stresses the importance of governance mechanisms in ensuring that nations achieve SDGs, especially in African countries, where significant governance reforms are needed. CONCLUSION : It offers unique actionable recommendations that can aid policy formulation and help address systemic challenges. The study adds to academic discourse on how societal well-being could be improved through sustainable development driven by effective governance with the introduction of SDGIs.en_US
dc.description.departmentGordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS)en_US
dc.description.librarianhj2025en_US
dc.description.sdgSDG-01:No povertyen_US
dc.description.sdgSDG-02:Zero Hungeren_US
dc.description.sdgSDG-03:Good heatlh and well-beingen_US
dc.description.sdgSDG-04:Quality Educationen_US
dc.description.sdgSDG-05:Gender equalityen_US
dc.description.sdgSDG-06:Clean water and sanitationen_US
dc.description.sdgSDG-07:Affordable and clean energyen_US
dc.description.sdgSDG-08:Decent work and economic growthen_US
dc.description.sdgSDG-09: Industry, innovation and infrastructureen_US
dc.description.sdgSDG-10:Reduces inequalitiesen_US
dc.description.sdgSDG-11:Sustainable cities and communitiesen_US
dc.description.sdgSDG-12:Responsible consumption and productionen_US
dc.description.sdgSDG-13:Climate actionen_US
dc.description.sdgSDG-14:Life below wateren_US
dc.description.sdgSDG-15:Life on landen_US
dc.description.sdgSDG-16:Peace,justice and strong institutionsen_US
dc.description.sdgSDG-17:Partnerships for the goalsen_US
dc.description.urihttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/25723170en_US
dc.identifier.citationOppong, C. 2025, 'Leveraging governance and accountability for advancing sustainable development goals in Africa', Business Strategy & Development, vol. 8, no. 2, art. e70115, pp. 1-16, doi : 10.1002/bsd2.70115.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2572-3170 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1002/bsd2.70115
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/102219
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherWileyen_US
dc.rights© 2025 The Author(s). Business Strategy and Development published by ERP Environment and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License.en_US
dc.subjectAccountabilityen_US
dc.subjectAccountingen_US
dc.subjectFinanceen_US
dc.subjectGovernanceen_US
dc.subjectSustainable development goals (SDGs)en_US
dc.subjectSustainable development goal indicators (SDGIs)en_US
dc.subjectWorldwide governance indicators (WGI)en_US
dc.subjectFeasible generalized least squares (FGLS) estimatoren_US
dc.subjectTwo-step system generalised method of moments (TS-GMM)en_US
dc.subjectSDG-13: Climate actionen_US
dc.subjectSDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutionsen_US
dc.subjectSDG-01: No povertyen_US
dc.subjectSDG-10: Reduced inequalitiesen_US
dc.subjectSDG-05: Gender equalityen_US
dc.subjectSDG-03: Good health and well-beingen_US
dc.subjectSDG-04: Quality educationen_US
dc.subjectAfricaen_US
dc.titleLeveraging governance and accountability for advancing sustainable development goals in Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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