Can Sustainable Infrastructure Reduce the Suffering of Climate Change Induced Vulnerability?

Zangina Isshaq (), Mohammed Amidu and Aisha Mohammed Sissy
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Zangina Isshaq: University of Ghana Business School
Aisha Mohammed Sissy: University of Ghana Business School

A chapter in Climate Change in Africa, 2026, pp 555-577 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract We examine the association between infrastructure development in Sub-Saharan African countries and climate change-induced vulnerability. We approach our analysis through a panel data regression framework using data from several international sources. Our regression models control for population size, economic growth, and human development and control for both country and year fixed effects. We find a positive relation between improving infrastructure development scores and vulnerability, which suggests less climate considerations in infrastructure development progress in Sub-Saharan Africa. We also find that governance factors are good for climate adaptation readiness, and that population growth worsens climate vulnerability. Human development is found to help lower climate vulnerability and has a positive association with climate adaptive capacity and readiness. We recommend that Sub-Saharan Africa countries incorporate climate resilience in their new infrastructure development agenda and invest in human development while enhancing governance mechanisms as part of the actions to sustain development that is resilient to the climate change challenges.

Keywords: Infrastructure; Climate change; Vulnerability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-15259-6_21

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