The Trilemma of Government Effectiveness, Climate Change, and Food Security: Empirical Evidence from Africa

It has become indisputable that Africa’s tremendous natural resource potential has not translated into the eradication of its various underdevelopment pathogens. Like other pathogens, food insecurity, while exacerbated by climate change, is also influenced by governance issues. This study, therefore, investigates the direct and indirect effects of government effectiveness on food security through climate change. The study employed the World Bank’s World Development Indicators (WDIs), spanning fr