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Fighting African conflicts and crimes: which governance tools matter?
purpose crimes conflicts seriously undermining african development purpose paper assess best governance tools fight scourges designmethodologyapproach authors assess sample 38 african countries owing crosssectional structure data set authors adopt heteroscedasticity consistent ordinary least squares estimation technique robustness purposes authors employ ramseys regression equation specification error test findings following findings established first democracy autocracy voice accountability significant negative correlations crime second increasing relevance government quality fight follows regulation quality government effectiveness political stability rule law corruptioncontrol third corruptioncontrol effective mechanism fighting crime conflicts practical implications findings significantly strong controlling age dependency number police security officers per capita economic prosperity educational level population density justifications edge corruptioncontrol effective governance tool policy implications discussed originalityvalue study timely given political instability wars conflicts currently marring african development