Social protection policy and agricultural labour outcome in West Africa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21510171 |
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| Authors | Romanus Osabohien (0000-0002-9483-1395, Covenant University, corresponding author), Oluwatoyin Matthews (0000-0003-3876-3479, Covenant University), Oluwatoyin Matthew (Covenant University), Hajra Maqsood (ILMA University) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 229-238 |
| Publication date | 2022-04-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Agrekon (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0303-1853 • E-ISSN: 2078-0400 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03031853.2021.1997773 |
| OpenAlex | W3212758124 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 23 |
This study engages panel data consisting of 15 West African countries that are members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). To resolve the possible issues of endogeneity, the system Generalised Method of Moments (GMM) was applied. The data for the analysis was sourced from the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA), and the World Development Indicators (WDI) for the period 2005–2018. Findings show that all social protection indicators included in the study are positive and significant in explaining the level of agricultural labour outcome in West Africa. The implication of the result is that policy for social inclusion, building human resources, equity in public resource use and overall social protection coverage may increase agricultural labour outcomes by 0.77%, 0.82% and 0.26%, respectively. The study concludes that to raise labour productivity in West Africa towards the achievement of the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), especially, SDG-1, there is a need for social protection coverage to mitigate shocks and vulnerability
Agriculture · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Endogeneity · Geography · Panel data · Political science · Social equality · Social protection · Agricultural Innovations and Practices · Agricultural risk and resilience · Energy and Environment Impacts
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