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The impact of CSR on rural women custodians of seed, food and climate change resilience in Nigeria's Niger Delta region
Uduji, Joseph I.; Okolo-Obasi, Elda N. - 2023
responsibility (CSR) initiatives in Nigeria. Its special focus is to investigate the impact of the global memorandum of understanding … resilience in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach - This paper adopts a survey research technique … the Niger Delta region in Nigeria. Findings - The results from the use of a combined propensity score matching and logit …
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Towards inclusive green growth in Africa : critical energy efficiency synergies and governance thresholds
Ofori, Isaac Kwesi; Gbolonyo, Emmanuel; Ojong, Nathanael - 2022
This study contributes to the scholarly literature on the drive towards sustainable development in light of the UN's Agenda 2030 and the African Union's Agenda 2063 by examining pathways through which energy efficiency (EE) promotes inclusive green growth (IGG) in Africa. Our contribution is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013262630
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Can information and communication technology and institutional quality help mitigate climate change in E7 economies? : an environmental Kuznets Curve extension
Gyamfi, Bright Akwasi; Ampomah, Asiedu B.; Bekun, … - 2022
Understanding the role of information communication and technology (ICT) in environmental issues stemming from extensive energy consumption and carbon dioxide emission in the process of economic development is worthwhile both from policy and scholarly fronts. Motivated on this premise, the study...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013348478
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Foreign direct investment and Inclusive green growth in Africa : energy efficiency contingencies and thresholds
Ofori, Isaac Kwesi; Gbolonyo, Emmanuel Y.; Ojong, Nathanael - 2022
Despite the growing number of empirical studies on foreign direct investment (FDI) and energy efficiency (EE) as they relate to green growth, there remains an empirical research gap with respect to whether EE can engender positive synergy with FDI to foster inclusive green growth (IGG) in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013461786
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Sustainable urbanization and vulnerability to climate change in Africa : accounting for digitalization and institutional quality
Yeyouomo, Aurelien Kamden; Asongu, Simplice - 2023
This study empirically examines the effect of sustainable urbanization on vulnerability to climate change over a sample of 52 African countries from 1996 to 2019. We use the two-stage system generalized method of moments (GMM) empirical strategy and mediation analysis to assess direct and...
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Gender sensitive responses to climate change in Nigeria : the role of multinationals' corporate social responsibility in oil host communities
Uduji, Joseph I.; Okolo-Obasi, Elda N. - 2022
(CSR) initiatives in Nigeria. Its special focus is to investigate the impact of the global memorandum of understanding … (GMoU) on gender sensitive responses to climate change in oil host communities in Nigeria. This paper adopts a survey … model and women, gender and climate change in the Niger Delta Nigeria. This implies that CSR of a multinational oil …
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Balancing the scales : does public debt and energy poverty mitigate or exacerbate ecological distortions in Nigeria?
Ezenekwe, Uju Regina; Okere, Kingsley Ikechukwu; … - 2023
Amid Nigeria's economic growth and energy challenges, the escalating public debt levels and persistent energy poverty … Nigeria. Using the STIRPAT model and annual data from 1990 to 2021, the study explores the relationships among total public … address ecological imbalances by tackling energy poverty and public debt challenges in Nigeria. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014372643
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Toward achieving sustainable development agenda : nexus between agriculture, trade openness, and oil rents in Nigeria
Adedoyin, Festus Fatai; Osundina, Olawumi A.; Bekun, … - 2022
Over the years, agriculture has been considered as a panacea for long-term economic growth as believed by the physiocracy school of thought. Aligning this with the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (specifically UN-SDG-2 which highlights zero hunger), the present study empirically...
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COVID-19 and sustainable development goals (SDGs) : an appraisal of the emanating effects in Nigeria
Fagbemi, Fisayo - 2021
The paper appraised the emanating effect of COVID-19 on sustainable development goals (SDGs) in Nigeria through the … negligence or be overlooked. Like other developing countries, Nigeria could become poorer, given the increased unemployment rate …, therefore, poses a threat to Nigeria's development prospects, as it may take more time to recover, especially in the post …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012509271
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Leveraging foreign direct investment for sustainability : an approach to sustainable human development in Nigeria
Fagbemi, Fisayo; Osinubi, Tolulope Temilola - 2020
The paper assesses the interconnections between FDI and human capital development in Nigeria over the period 1981 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012321100