Energy poverty and respiratory health in Sub-Saharan Africa: Effects and transmission channels

Thierry Messie Pondie, FON Dorothy Engwali, Bruno Emmanuel Ongo Nkoa and Edmond Noubissi Domguia

Energy, 2024, vol. 297, issue C

Abstract: This paper analyses the effect of energy poverty on respiratory health for a sample of 34 sub-Saharan African countries over the period 2000–2020. Using ordinary least squares (OLS), fixed effect, Driscoll-Kraay, Lewbel 2SLS, Kiviet and S-GMM, the results provide strong evidence of a negative and significant effect of access to electricity and access to clean energy for cooking on respiratory disease in sub-Saharan Africa. This result remained robust to changes in the variables of interest and to alternative estimation techniques. Furthermore, the results showed the existence of a non-linear relationship between energy indicators and respiratory diseases, including a U-shape and an N-shape. Based on these results, we encourage policy makers to better orient their energy policies towards the least polluting sectors in sub-Saharan Africa. In this way, the respiratory health of the inhabitants of sub-Saharan Africa can be improved.

Keywords: Energy poverty; Respiratory health; Sub-Saharan Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O15 O50 Q43 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2024.131158

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