The role of governance in girl‐child education: Insights on the odds against Nigerian women in leadership

It is widely recognized that prioritizing female education is the global best investment. This is because the promotion of girls' access to education is essential for increasing women's formal economic opportunities and their participation in public decision‐making in the long term. Thus, understanding the nexus between governance and women empowerment becomes central for developing new thinking and addressing prevailing challenges. The study, therefore, examines the impact of governance effectiveness on school enrolment, primary, female (% gross) in Nigeria between 1996 and 2020, using autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) bounds testing approach to cointegration and vector error correction mechanism (VECM) for the assessment of long‐run causality. Results show that governance effectiveness has a significant and positive effect on female primary school enrolment in the long run and in the short run. In addition, findings indicate that there exists bidirectional causality between the effectiveness of governance and female primary school enrolment, suggesting that these indicators are interconnected as they could influence each other. While it is recognized that government policies seem to have failed to redress the norms, societal values, and behaviors that contribute to the perpetuation of inequalities in education enrolment, good governance could further stimulate capacity development, thereby enhancing girl‐child education. 人们普遍认为, 优先考虑女性教育是全球最佳投资。这是因为, 促进女孩接受教育对于增加妇女的正规经济机会以及参与公共决策一事至关重要。因此, 就发展新思维和应对当前挑战而言, 关键在于理解治理和妇女赋权之间的复杂关系。为分析1996–2020年间治理有效性对尼日利亚小学女生入学率的影响, 本研究利用自回归分布滞后模型(ARDL)边界检验法进行协整分析, 并使用向量误差修正机制(VECM) 评估长期的因果关系。结果表明, 无论从长期还是短期来看, 治理有效性对小学女生入学率都具有显著且积极的影响。此外, 研究结果表明, 治理有效性与小学女生入学率之间存在双向因果关系, 这表明这些指标是相互关联的, 因为它们可能相互影响。虽然人们认识到, 政府政策似乎未能纠正为“教育招生中长期存在的不平等”作贡献的一系列规范、社会价值观和行为, 但善治能进一步刺激能力发展, 从而加强女童教育。 Es ampliamente reconocido que priorizar la educación femenina es la mejor inversión global. Esto se debe a que promover el acceso de las niñas a la educación es esencial para aumentar las oportunidades económicas formales de las mujeres, así como su participación en la toma de decisiones públicas. Por lo tanto, comprender el nexo entre la gobernanza y el empoderamiento de las mujeres se vuelve fundamental para desarrollar nuevas ideas y abordar los desafíos prevalecientes. Por lo tanto, el estudio examina el impacto de la eficacia de la gobernanza en la matrícula escolar, primaria, femenina (% bruto) en Nigeria entre 1996 y 2020, utilizando el enfoq