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Fragility of State in Central African Republic: An Econometric Approach to Efficiency Understanding

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  • Pacific K. T. Yapatake

    (Yaounde, Cameroon)

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A fragile state contributes to the underdevelopment of the nation and its consequences can be very devastating on the state’s cohesion. Characterized by high level of corruption which lead the country to an incessant political instability and continuous presence of foreign troops . This paper used the vector autoregressive model (VAR) covering the period of 2005-2015 to examine the impact of control of corruption on fragility of state in Central African Republic (CAR). The results show that control of corruption is significant and has negative impact on fragility of state in the short run. The impulse response shows a negative impact of control of corruption in short-run but positive in long-run on fragility of state. The policies implications of this fragility are that the CAR must pursue better governance as well as in the investment choices. Unless CAR leaders and citizens recognize their own fragility, things can only get worse.

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  • Pacific K. T. Yapatake, 2018. "Fragility of State in Central African Republic: An Econometric Approach to Efficiency Understanding," CEREDEC Working Papers 18/002, Centre de Recherche pour le Développement Economique (CEREDEC).
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    Keywords

    state’s fragility; control of corruption; VAR; policies; Central African Republic;
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    JEL classification:

    • A12 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Relation of Economics to Other Disciplines
    • B22 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought since 1925 - - - Macroeconomics
    • C50 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - General
    • I - Health, Education, and Welfare
    • O55 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Africa
    • P37 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions - - - Legal

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