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Public sector transparency and sustainable development: A focus on Sub-Saharan Africa |
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| Authors: | Olayinka Erin Alex Adegboye Uwalomwa Uwuigbe |
| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Accounting, Anchor University, Lagos, Nigeria College of Accounting Sciences, Department of Auditing, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa;2. Department of Accounting, College of Business and Social Sciences, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria;3. Department of Accounting, College of Business and Social Sciences, Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria Department of Accounting, College of Economics Management and Information Systems, University of Nizwa, Nizwa, Oman |
| Abstract: | This study empirically addresses the relevance of public transparency in promoting sustainable development in Sub-Saharan Africa. Using the generalized method of moments techniques in order to account for concerns of endogeneity and simultaneity, the study utilizes a panel of forty-eight (48) countries in Sub-Saharan African countries for the period 2000-2019. We then establish the subsequent findings. Public transparency maintains overall positive net effects on both the human development index (i.e., social sustainability); adjusted net national income growth (i.e., economic sustainability), and renewal energy consumption (i.e., environmental sustainability). Overall, we establish that public transparency enhances sustainable development. This study recommends that policymakers should ensure that public transparency processes are enhanced in order to achieve the post-2015 agenda. |
| Keywords: | Africa economic sustainability environmental sustainability public transparency social sustainability |