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Filling the Power Supply Gap in Africa: Is Natural Gas the Answer?
Ackah, Ishmael; Opoku, Freda Akyeabea - 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to review the reserves and production of natural gas in Africa and evaluate how … in Africa, it has had minimal impact on power production. Limitations:This study provides a descriptive overview and is … limited to only natural gas. It does not consider how other energy sources can contribute to solving Africa’s power challenges …
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On the determinants of trade in natural gas: A political economy approach
Farag, Markos; Zaki, Chahir - 2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012802579
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Stranded Assets in the Transition to a Carbon-Free Economy
van der Ploeg, Rick; Rezai, Armon - 2019
Assets in the fossil fuel industries are at risk of losing market value due to anticipated breakthroughs in renewable technology and governments stepping up climate policies in the light of the Paris commitments to limit global warming to 1.5 or 2 degrees Celsius. Stranded assets arise due to...
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Understanding the boom: Country study - Tanzania
Henstridge, Mark - 2018
There are large volumes of gas offshore Tanzania, which has raised hopes of a boom. But those hopes look set to be disappointed. A boom would depend on there being a sizeable flow of revenue to government from producing and exporting gas. This paper sets out the scale of the gas, and the array...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012146474
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Understanding the boom: A framing paper
Henstridge, Mark - 2018
structural change in Africa; and, finally, gathers together observations on policy and institutional changes. …
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Uganda's nascent oil sector: Revenue generation, investor-stakeholder alignment, and public policy
Kayizzi-Mugerwa, Steve - 2020
This paper discusses the political economy of oil in Uganda since the announcement of its discovery in 2006. It focuses on the dynamics of oil revenue generation (pre-commercial production) and expenditure, investor-stakeholder contestation (i.e. between bureaucrats, investors/oil companies, and...
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Natural resources, child mortality and governance quality in African countries
Tadadjeu, Sosson; Ndieupa, Henri Njangang; Asongu, Simplice - 2021
This paper contributes to the literature by investigating the effect of natural resources on under-five mortality in a sample of 50 African countries over the period 1996 to 2018. We also examine the extent to which governance shapes the relationship between natural resources and under-five...
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Effects of oil resource endowment, natural gas and agriculture output: Policy options for inclusive growth
Mesagan, Ekundayo P.; Adenuga, Juliet I. - 2019
The fact that inclusive growth involves the width of growth, benefit-sharing, and human development pertaining to health care makes this study to examine the impact of crude oil, natural gas and agriculture output on inclusive growth in Nigeria between 1970 and 2017. We use employment, life...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012389129
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Mining and economic development: Did China's WTO accession affect African local economic development?
Addison, Tony; Boly, Amadou; Mveyange, Anthony - 2016
China's WTO Accession): it is not enough to assume, given Africa's high spatial inequality, that local economies will …
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Civil unrest in North Africa: Risks for natural gas supply?
Lochner, Stefan; Dieckhöner, Caroline - 2011
winter period. Our analysis shows that disruptions in the low-demand summer months could be compensated for, mainly by LNG …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293361