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Foreign direct investment and poverty reduction in sub-Saharan Africa: Does environmental degradation matter?
Dada, James Temitope; Akinlo, Taiwo - In: Future Business Journal 7 (2021) 1, pp. 1-10
This paper investigates the threshold effect of environmental degradation on the FDI-poverty nexus in sub … of FDI is not eroded by environmental degradation. The study found overwhelming evidence that at the higher level of … environmental degradation, FDI contributes significantly to poverty reduction except when Household final consumption is used to …
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Foreign Direct Investment and Inclusive Green Growth in Africa: Energy Efficiency Contingencies and Thresholds
Ofori, Isaac K; Gbolonyo, Emmanuel Y.; Ojong, Nathanael - In: Energy Economics (2022), pp. 1-58
Despite the growing number of empirical studies on foreign direct investment (FDI) and energy efficiency (EE) as they … FDI to foster inclusive green growth (IGG) in Africa. Also, little has been done to show the IGG gains from improving EE … and FDI in fostering IGG in Africa by using macrodata for 23 countries from 2000 to 2020. According to our findings, which …
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Organic Agriculture in Least Developed Countries in Relation to the Development of the Organic Farming Sector in Poland. The Example of African Countries versus the Organic Sector...
Rydz‑Żbikowska, Anna - In: Comparative Economic Research. Central and Eastern Europe 23 (2020) 4, pp. 209-230
Over the past few years, organic farming has seen a dynamic development globally. In 2015, the global market for organic products was €81.6 billion, rising to more than €90 billion in 2018 (Światowy rynek produktów ekologicznych osiągnął wartość 90 mld euro 2019). There has also...
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Towards Inclusive Green Growth in Africa: Critical energy efficiency synergies and governance thresholds
Ofori, Isaac K.; Gbolonyo, Emmanuel; Ojong, Nathanael - In: Journal of Cleaner Production 365 (2022), pp. 1-48
This study contributes to the scholarly literature on the achievement of sustainable development in light of the UN’s Agenda 2030 and African Union’s Agenda 2063 by examining pathways through which energy efficiency (EE) promotes inclusive green growth (IGG) in Africa. Our contribution is...
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Economic Globalisation and Inclusive Green Growth in Africa: Contingencies and Policy-Relevant Thresholds of Governance
Ofori, Isaac K.; Figari, Francesco - In: Sustainable Development (2022) Forthcoming, pp. --
This study employs macrodata for 23 African countries to examine whether good governance interacts with economic globalisation (EG) to foster inclusive green growth (IGG). First, the study finds that EG hampers IGG in Africa. Second, although unconditionally good governance promotes IGG, only...
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Sustainable development and corporate social responsibility in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from industries in Cameroon
Oginni, Oyewole Simon; Omojowo, Adewale Daniel - In: Economies 4 (2016) 2, pp. 1-15
Present technological innovations and social organizations continue to impose risks and limitations on the efficient performance of the biosphere. Human activities have increasingly short-lived sustainable natural endowments, to the extent that, the multiplier effects have ripples beyond the...
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The Emerging Threats and Opportunities for Implementing Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and Sustainable Development Goal 7: Policy Insights from sub-Saharan Africa and M...
Chirambo, Dumisani - In: The Central European Review of Economics and Management … 4 (2020) 3, pp. 23-52
Aim: Despite the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to reduce climate change vulnerability and inequality particularly in the Global South, it is probable that the SDGs and NDCs might not achieve their objectives. The aim of...
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Die Umwelt-Kuznets-Kurve und internationaler Handel
Achten, Sandra; Leßmann, Christian; Steinkraus, Arne - In: ifo Dresden berichtet 25 (2018) 01, pp. 29-31
Wachstum und sektoraler Wandel allein haben in näherer Zukunft wahrscheinlich keinen dämpfenden Effekt auf die globalen Treibhausgasemissionen. Die vorliegende Untersuchung zeigt, dass Carbon Leakage ein Phänomen ist, welches auch im Kontext der Umwelt-Kuznets-Kurve relevant ist. Werden...
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Macroeconomic determinants of renewable electricity technology adoption in Nigeria
Saibu, Olufemi Muibi; Omoju, Oluwasola E. - In: Economic and Environmental Studies (E&ES) 16 (2016) 1, pp. 65-83
Renewable electricity technology adoption is an essential part of the measures to mitigate climate change and promote sustainable development. This paper investigates the drivers of and barriers to renewable electricity technology adoption in Nigeria. Specifically, the factors that influence the...
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Causal implication of oil production on carbon emission and economic growth in Nigeria$Afeez Olalekan Jaiyeola, Olufemi Muibi Saibu
Jaiyeola, Afeez Olalekan; Saibu, Olufemi Muibi - In: Economic and Environmental Studies (E&ES) 16 (2016) 4, pp. 687-698
The paper investigated the causality among carbon emission, oil production and economic growth in Nigeria's time series data for the period 1970 to 2013. It estimated an autoregressive distributed lag model and used granger causality mechanism to establish both the effects and causal nexus among...
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