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Achieving food security in Ghana: Does governance matter?

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  • Peter Asare-Nuamah

    (Somanya, Ghana)

  • Anthony Amoah

    (Somanya, Ghana)

  • Simplice A. Asongu

    (Yaoundé, Cameroon)

Abstract

This study complements the extant literature by assessing the role of governance dynamics in food security in Ghana for the period 1980-2019. The empirical evidence is based on the Fully Modified Ordinary Least Squares (FMOLS) technique and governance is categorized into: political (entailing political stability and voice & accountability), economic (consisting of regulatory quality and government effectiveness) and institutional (entailing corruption-control and the rule of law) governance dynamics. The study finds that the engaged governance dynamics improve food security in Ghana. Policy implications are discussed with specific emphasis on the sustainable development goals.

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  • Peter Asare-Nuamah & Anthony Amoah & Simplice A. Asongu, 2021. "Achieving food security in Ghana: Does governance matter?," Journal of Africa SEER Centre(ASC) 21/014, Africa SEER Centre(ASC).
    • Handle: RePEc:dbm:wpaper:21/014
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    JEL classification:

    • I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
    • Q12 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets
    • R20 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis - - - General
    • O20 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Development Planning and Policy - - - General
    • O55 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Africa

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