Impact of Electrification on African Development-Analysis with Using Grey Systems Theory

Marcin Nowak, Aleksandra Rabczun and Paweł Łopatka
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Marcin Nowak: Faculty of Engineering Management, Poznan University of Technology, Pl. Marii Skłodowskiej-Curie 5, 60-965 Poznań, Poland
Aleksandra Rabczun: Department of Information Economics, Institute of Socio-Economics, Poznań University of Economics and Business, Al. Niepodległości 10, 61-875 Poznań, Poland
Paweł Łopatka: Department of Microeconomics, Institute of Economics, Poznań University of Economics and Business, Al. Niepodległości 10, 61-875 Poznań, Poland

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 16, 1-24

Abstract: In this paper, the authors discuss the problem of the influence of the level of electrification in African countries on their sustainable development. The first aim of the article is to determine the relationship between changes in the electrification index and changes in the indicators showing individual components of sustainable development for African countries. The analyzed indicators of sustainable development include GDP per capita, Human Deveopment Index (HDI), and the CO 2 emissions per capita indicator. The second goal of the article was to develop a synthetic indicator of sustainable development. This study uses the method of relationship research based on Gray Systems Theory—Gray Incidence Analysis. The main conclusion from the research carried out is that improving access to electricity is a necessary condition for the sustainable development of African countries. The lack of improvement in the availability of electricity is a basic barrier to development, especially in the poorest African countries.

Keywords: Africa; electrification; socio-economics development; grey systems theory; grey incidence analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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