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Effects of Development Finance on Energy Transitions and Green Growth in Sub‐Saharan Africa

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While global agendas promote energy transition and green growth, Africa south of the Sahara (SSA) struggles with low energy access, highlighting a development paradox between climate goals and energy poverty. By aligning aid and development finance with SDGs 7 and 13, we analyze whether development finance is at a crossroads in supporting ...
Clement Oteng, Pius Gamette, Edward Kweku Nunoo, Frederick Takyi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Contribution of the Baobab Value Chain to Equitable Rural Livelihoods and Poverty Alleviation in Ghana

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Non‐timber forest products (NTFPs) are central to income diversification and livelihood resilience in Sub‐Saharan Africa. However, the welfare implications of baobab commercialisation remain underexplored. This study addresses this gap by analysing the contribution of the baobab value chain to household income, poverty reduction, and income ...
Frederick Frimpong, Emmanuel Donkor, Victor Owusu, Dietrich Darr   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Dynamic Impact of the Energy Transition on Food Security in Developing Countries

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the context of persistent food insecurity and the global push for the transition toward clean energy in developing countries, understanding the association between clean energy access and food affordability is increasingly important to inform multisectoral policy interventions. Against this background, this study explores the dynamic impact
Boris D. Soh Wenda, Thierry M. Pondie, Aissatou Ndiaye, Götz Uckert, Katharina Löhr, Stefan Sieber   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Peace and Inclusive Governance in Sustainable Development: Strengthening Institutions and Environmental Services

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainable Development Goal 16 (SDG 16) emphasizes peace, justice, and strong institutions as essential foundations for sustainable development. This study adopts a desktop‐based qualitative research approach to examine how institutional quality and governance systems influence progress toward SDG 16 and broader development outcomes.
Maryem Souiai, Hind Alkhowar, Haya Al‐Obaidli, Moza Al‐Muhannadi, Noora Alkhelaifi, Maythaa Al‐Kubaisi, Najlaa Al‐Khayareen, Shooq Al‐Sahoti, John N. Hahladakis   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Inclusive Growth in Africa: Exploring Contingencies and Thresholds of Financial Development and the Digital Economy

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Given the persistent inequalities and economic disparities, the quest for inclusive growth has become more critical. Nevertheless, a substantial knowledge gap exists regarding the role of the digital economy and financial development in inclusive growth.
Sylvester Senyo Horvey, Jones Odei‐Mensah   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

BioTrade, Frontier Technology Readiness, and the Load Capacity Curve: Sustainable Development Dynamics in Sub‐Saharan Africa

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the nonlinear dynamics among income, ecological sustainability, and sustainable development in Sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA) within the Load Capacity Curve (LCC) framework, incorporating BioTrade and frontier technology readiness as novel structural determinants.
Ugur Korkut Pata, Selin Karlilar Pata, Qiang Wang, Sinan Erdogan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dynamic Interactions Among Climate, Land, Energy, and Water Systems: Insights From a Panel Vector Autoregression Approach

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the dynamic interactions among climate conditions, land use, energy consumption, water resources, population dynamics, and economic growth within the Climate–Land–Energy–Water (CLEW) nexus across 137 countries from 2000 to 2023.
Kingsley Imandojemu, Romanus Osabohien, Damilola Felix Eluyela, Onur Yağiş, Felix Orole   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Can Uncertainty be Green? Renewable Energy, Trade Openness, Institutional Quality and Environmental Sustainability Across Different Uncertainty Regimes

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines how uncertainty shapes the environmental effects of energy use, trade openness, economic growth, and institutional quality, with particular emphasis on the role of renewable energy in advancing environmental sustainability and the low‐carbon transition.
Chaoyi Chen, Mehmet Pinar
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of Technological Innovation, Environmental Policy, and Policy Inclusion on Renewable Energy Adoption in Sub‐Sahara Africa

Thunderbird International Business Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the factors influencing renewable energy consumption and renewable electricity in Sub‐Sahara Africa (SSA) using the Lewbel 2SLS approach, panel quantile regression and Driscoll and Kraay estimator. It focuses on a panel dataset covering 41 countries from 1998 to 2020.
Emmanuel K. Manu, Simplice A. Asongu
wiley   +1 more source

Do Sovereign‐Environmental, Social and Governance (S‐ESG) Commitments Promote Financial Inclusion?

Thunderbird International Business Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Given the need to respect humanity, the environment, and society, and the progressive development of social responsibility, environmental, social and governance (ESG) commitments and the need for ethical and sustainable finance, this paper aims to examine the impact of sovereign ESG on financial inclusion (FI).
Inès Gharbi, Simplice A. Asongu, Aïda Kammoun   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source