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Amid Nigeria's economic growth and energy challenges, the escalating public debt levels and persistent energy poverty … development, energy poverty alleviation, and ecological conservation, it becomes pertinent to understand whether increased public … debt and efforts to address energy poverty inadvertently contribute to or alleviate ecological imbalances within the …
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The Sub-Saharan Africa region is disproportionately affected by energy poverty and is considered highly vulnerable to … the impacts of climate change. Therefore, addressing the pressing challenges of energy poverty and promoting environmental … sustainability in this region is of paramount importance. Consequently, this study appraises the relationship between energy poverty …
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understanding the link among energy poverty, environmental degradation and agricultural productivity in 35 SSA nations in particular …-regional blocs in general. To begin, our identified variables comprised of the following: Energy Poverty Index, derived using the … SSA model revealed that whereas the index of energy poverty has a significant positive influence, ecological footprint …
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distribution, the fortunes of the energy sector in the country have been affected by the prevalence of energy poverty. Government … policies such as public capital expenditure (PCE) present a crucial option for reducing energy poverty in Nigeria, providing … capital spending and five distinct energy poverty proxies, this research applies the Bayer-Hanck cointegration system and the …
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A popular theme in the literature is the examination of a variety of factors that contribute to energy poverty, but … little is known about the connection between public debt and energy poverty, particularly for developing regions of the world …. This study clearly illustrates the nexus between public debt and energy poverty, focusing on thirty SSA nations from the …
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This paper examines the factor intensity of South Africa''s trade. The conclusion is that South Africa is revealed though its trade pattern to be capital abundant (relative to labor). Surprisingly, this result holds especially for South Africa''s trade with its high income partners, which should...
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trade and TFP growth both over time and across sectors …
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We estimate the respective contributions of institutions, geography, and trade in determining cross-country income levels using recently developed instruments for institutions and trade. Our results indicate that the quality of institutions ""trumps"" everything else. Controlling for...
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We examine the effects of aid on growth-- in cross-sectional and panel data--after correcting for the bias that aid … evidence of a positive (or negative) relationship between aid inflows into a country and its economic growth. We also find no …: what aspects of aid offset what ought to be the indisputable growth enhancing effects of resource transfers? Thus, our …
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