01965cas a2200277 a 4500 AALejournalIMF018467 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781484354872 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Hammadi, Amine. A Governance Dividend for Sub-Saharan Africa? / Amine Hammadi, Marshall Mills, Nelson Sobrinho, Vimal Thakoor. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2019. 1 online resource (43 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) tend to lag those in most other regions in terms of governance and perceptions of corruption. Weak governance undermines economic performance through various channels, including deficiencies in government functions and distortions to economic incentives. It thus stands to reason that SSA countries could strengthen their economic performance by improving governance and reducing corruption. This paper estimates that strengthening governance and mitigating corruption in the region could be associated with large growth dividends in the long run. While the process would take considerable time and effort, moving the average SSA country governance level to the global average could increase the region's GDP per capita growth by about 1-2 percentage points. Mode of access: Internet Mills, Marshall. Sobrinho, Nelson. Thakoor, Vimal. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2019/001 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2019/001/001.2019.issue-001-en.xml IMF e-Library