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Searching for sustainable footprints: Does ICT increase CO2 emissions?
Shobande, Olatunji Abdul; Asongu, Simplice - 2022
productivity in many industries, particularly in Africa. ICT is an essential tool in the oil and gas industry and plays a … environmental sustainability in Nigeria and South Africa. The methodological contribution of the study lies in combining the STIRPAT … environmental sustainability indicators. The findings show that ICT has contributed to South Africa's environmental sustainability …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014278302
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Enhancing ICT for Environmental Sustainability in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Le Roux, Sara; Biekpe, Nicholas - 2017
This study examines how increasing ICT penetration in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) can contribute towards environmental …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011784897
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Governance, CO 2 emissions and Inclusive Human Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2019
This study investigates the relevance of government quality in moderating the incidence of environmental degradation on inclusive human development in 44 sub-Saharan African countries for the period 2000-2012. Environmental degradation is measured with CO2 emissions and the governance dynamics...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012112146
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Economic development thresholds for a green economy in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2019
This study investigates how increasing economic development affects the green economy in terms of CO2 emissions, using data from 44 countries in the SSA for the period 2000-2012. The Generalised Method of Moments (GMM) is used for the empirical analysis. The following main findings are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012112147
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The comparative economics of ICT, environmental degradation and inclusive human development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C.; Pyke, Chris - 2018
This study examines how information and communication technology (ICT) could be employed to dampen the potentially damaging effects of environmental degradation in order to promote inclusive human development in a panel of 44 Sub-Saharan African countries. ICT is captured with internet and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012112167
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Linkages between globalisation, carbon dioxide emissions and governance in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Nting, Rexon T.; Nnanna, Joseph - 2019
-Saharan Africa using data for the period 2000-2012. The Generalised Method of Moments is employed as empirical strategy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012112219
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ICT, openness and CO2 emissions in Africa
Asongu, Simplice - 2017
This study investigates how information and communication technology (ICT) complements globalisation in order to influence CO2 emissions in 44 Sub-Saharan African countries over the period 2000-2012. ICT is measured with internet penetration and mobile phone penetration whereas globalisation is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011956942
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CO2 emission thresholds for inclusive human development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice - 2018
We provide policy-relevant critical masses beyond which, increasing CO2 emissions negatively affects inclusive human development. This study examines how increasing CO2 emissions affects inclusive human development in 44 Sub-Saharan African countries for the period 2000-2012. The empirical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011956970
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Enhancing governance for environmental sustainability in sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2019
-Saharan Africa for the period 2000-2012. The empirical evidence is based on Generalised Method of Moments. Bundled and unbundled …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012389150
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The role of globalization in modulating the effect of environmental degradation on inclusive human development
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2020
in 44 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), using data for the period 2000 to 2012. The empirical results are based on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012389170