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Anti‐Globalization Dynamics and Africa's Structural Transformation: Identifying Avoidable Environmental Degradation Thresholds

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study pursues a dual objective. First, it investigates the unconditional impact of anti‐globalization on structural transformation in Africa. Second, it explores how environmental degradation interacts with anti‐globalization to influence structural transformation. The analysis focuses on 52 African countries over the period 2005–2023. To
Simplice A. Asongu, Ekene ThankGod Emeka
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Inflation, Indebtedness and Human Development: Panel Evidence From Southern Africa

SAGE Open
While it is hypothesised that inflation and external debt stifle human development, empirical findings on this relationship have been equivocal. This study investigated the impact of inflation and external debt on human development (proxied by the Human ...
Tamisai Chipunza, Lungile Ntsalaze, Brian Wiston Kunaka, Tapfumanei Chikosha   +3 more
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Investment, Employment, and Trade as Drivers of Income‐Based Inclusive Growth in Sub‐Saharan Africa

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the drivers of income‐based inclusive economic growth in 14 Sub‐Saharan African countries from 2000 to 2023, focusing on investment, employment, trade openness, population growth, inflation, and foreign direct investment.
Evans Yeboah, Emmanuel Atobrah, Olufunmilayo Olayemi Jemiluyi, Alexander Amo Baffour   +3 more
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Access to formal banking services in the SADC, 200-2009

Journal of Economic and Financial Sciences, 2015
Access to basic financial services is one possible path leading to a better life for the poor. This is endorsed by SADC governments, and various strategies were in the past decade implemented to advance financial access.
Andrie Schoombee
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Advancing SDG 13 and Net‐Zero Emissions in Europe: The Role of Green Technology Innovation, Renewable Energy, Environmental Taxation and Trade Openness

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The European Union (EU) has set ambitious climate goals, aiming to become the first climate‐neutral continent by 2050, with a focus on achieving net‐zero emissions and advancing United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 13. A key component of this transition is the role of green technological innovation, the deployment of clean energy ...
Yue Xu, Emma Serwaa Obobisa, Isaac Adjei Mensah   +2 more
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The Impact of Institutional Quality on Income Inequality in Southern African Development Community (SADC) Countries

Journal of Economics Education and Entrepreneurship
The study seeks to assess the impact of institutional quality on income inequality in SADC countries from 1980 to 2020 using the pooled mean group (PMG) estimation technique.
Dorcas Gonese, Kin Sibanda, Courage Mlambo   +2 more
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Contribution of Institutional Research in the Southern African Development Community Region Towards Sustainable Development Goals: A Bibliometric Review Using SciVal

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Regional alignment of research towards Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is key to achieving the United Nations (UN) 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The countries in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region share many challenges, and by focusing on SDG‐related research collectively, they could be better positioned ...
Melanie de Bruyn, Johan van Niekerk, Petronella Chaminuka   +2 more
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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
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Legislative landscape for traditional health practitioners in Southern African development community countries: a scoping review

BMJ Open, 2020
Background and objectives Globally, contemporary legislation surrounding traditional health practitioners (THPs) is limited. This is also true for the member states of the Southern African Development Community (SADC).
Amber Louise Abrams, Torkel Falkenberg, Christa Rautenbach, Mosa Moshabela, Busisiwe Shezi, Suné van Ellewee, Renee Street   +6 more
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Uncovering Biogas Outcomes: Tales of Hubris, Hope, and Failure From Southern Malawi

Natural Resources Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The purpose of this article is to speak directly to biogas failure. Over the past two decades, immense amounts of money have been spent by African governments, private individuals, and most conspicuously, international aid agencies and donors, on countless biogas projects in every country on the continent.
Marc Kalina, Jonathan Kwangulero, Jonathan Òlal Ogwang, Natalie Boyd Williams, Elizabeth Tilley   +4 more
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