Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) ranks lowest globally in respect of energy access rates. The resulting high energy poverty … understanding of the relationship between financial development and energy consumption can contribute to enhancing sustainable … investigate the symmetric and asymmetric relationships between financial development and energy consumption in SSA, using annual …

Urbanization in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is generally highlighted as a puzzle that deviates from the stylized facts in …-step system generalized methods of moments to investigate the effect of urbanization on the Poverty Headcount ratio and Poverty … Gap. The estimated urbanization elasticities of poverty indicate that at growth rates, a 1 percentage point increase in …

International trade and urbanization are increasing at an unprecedented rate in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The region … study investigates the influence of economic growth, international trade, and urbanization on CO2 emissions in SSA. The … impact on CO2 emissions at the median. Further findings suggest that urbanization increases CO2 emissions across the observed …