Afghanistan is a major country in the central Asian region and its ability to become a bridge between south and central Asia is critical to any form of development and inter-regional collaboration particularly in the energy sector. History has not been kind to Afghanistan and it is a less...

Following the successful climate agreement in Paris, global attention shifted quickly to how countries will achieve their nationally determined contributions. To achieve the goals, governments need to make full use of the private sector capacity to unlock much larger flows of private investment...

The paper investigates the dynamic relationship between renewable energy usage and trade performance in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), while considering the conditioning role of corruption control, regulatory quality, and the private sector access to finance. Focusing on 42 SSA countries for the...