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Population Growth and Forest Sustainability in Africa
Asongu, Simplice A.; Jingwa, Brian - 2011
growth on forest sustainability in Africa. Using three instruments of forest exploitation, the study shows how rural …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390780
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Deforestation and Welfare: Evidence from Africa
Asongu, Simplice A. - 2011
This paper examines the effects of deforestation on the welfare of rural communities in the Congo Basin. Using moment conditions of agricultural and forest exploitations, findings indicate deforestation significantly improves welfare both at overall-rural and agricultural household per capita...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390783
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The Role of Human Development on Deforestation in Africa: A Modelling-Based Approach
Asongu, Simplice A.; Jingwa, Brian - 2012
The rate of deforestation in Africa is of paramount concern not only to the future of Africa, but also to the world …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011390818
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Is Aid for Agriculture Effective in Sub-Saharan Africa?
Ssozi, John; Asongu, Simplice; Amavilah, Voxi Heinrich S. - 2017
One of the key economic development challenges facing Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is its low agricultural productivity …. Governments, donors, and foreign investors have underinvested in African agriculture even though research evidence shows that … Moments to examine whether official development assistance (ODA) for agriculture and rural development is helping to boost …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011784893
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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