VOICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY, GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY, REGULATORY QUALITY AND YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT IN SUB SAHARA AFRICA COUNTRIES

Abstract

This study seeks to investigate the determinants of youth unemployment in Sub Sahara Africa countries for the period
1991 to 2016. The study used the panel data covering 18 countries. The study employed the autoregressive
distributed lag model and generalized least square regression technique, the result depicts positive and statistical
signicant relationship between government stability, socioeconomic condition, external debt, secondary school
enrolment, ination and unemployment at 1% level of signicance in SSA countries. However, GDP growth and
corruption posits a negative and signicant effect on unemployment. The coefcients Democratic accountability and
bureaucratic quality indicates positive although not statistically signicant showing poor responsiveness of the
government to the people in SSA. There is also a long run causality among government stability, corruption,
bureaucracy, investment prole and unemployment in SSA countries.Implication for policy is that is clear most
governments in SSA have sustained continuity in ofce although may not have undertaken fully designed
programmes. Thus, it is pertinent to ensure full implementation of blue print to improve the condition of youth
employment in SSA countries. A more proactive policy driven towards diversication to improve GDP cannot be
underscored alongside with realistic anti craft institutions to reduce the surge of corruption in SSA.