Open AccessDemographic Responses to Political Transformation in Africa
Author(s) -
Ibrahim Ayoade Adekunle,
Sheriffdeen Adewale Tella,
Oluwaseyi Adedayo Adelowokan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
estudios de economía aplicada
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 6
eISSN - 1697-5731
pISSN - 1133-3197
DOI - 10.25115/eea.v38i2.3101
Subject(s) - empowerment , politics , legislature , transformational leadership , inequality , democracy , inclusion (mineral) , women's empowerment , corporate governance , political science , economic growth , government (linguistics) , development economics , sociology , gender studies , economics , public relations , management , mathematical analysis , linguistics , philosophy , mathematics , law
Gender inequality in Africa remains ambiguous because of the steep challenges of women empowerment and development. Little has been done on the influence of equitable governance on women’s empowerment in Africa. Besides, previous empirical studies are limited to studying the influence of democracy on gender equality in education and fail to offergeneralisable conclusions. These mixedresults have motivated us to evaluate the relationshipbetween a shift in political regime and different measures of women’s empowerment in selected Africa countries. Data on indices of women empowerment and political transformation from 1980 through 2017 were analysed using the Pooled Mean Group Panel estimation procedure. It is expected that demographic responses should influence transformation in the political arena in Africa. Therefore, the African government, through legislative and executive domains, should demonstrate a sincere transformational plan for the inclusion of women at all levels.