Structural Transformation versus Environmental Quality: The Experience of the Low-income Countries in Sub Saharan Africa

Atif Awad
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Atif Awad: Department of Finance and Economic, College of Business Administration, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE

International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, 2021, vol. 11, issue 6, 479-488

Abstract: Structural transformation has been recognized as a critical mechanism for improving living standards for developing countries in Africa. However, the growing evidence indicates that such change is associated with considerable damage to the environment quality and, hence, challenging sustainable development. The present study investigates industrialization's influence on the environment quality for 20 low-income countries in Sub-Saharan Africa during 1980-2018. We employed two measurements for environmental quality, which are CO2 and nitrous dioxide emissions. Likewise, the study applied the Fully modified OLS and the Dynamic OLS as the most modern and suitable techniques related to the panel data analysis. Overall, the FMOL and DOLS results show that industrialization has an insignificant influence on environmental quality. The results also show that these countries' population size is the main driver for environmental quality changes. This finding implies that these countries should continue in their current efforts regarding promoting the industrial sector without wondering about sustainable development.

Keywords: EKC; industrialization; Low-income countries; FMOL; DOLS. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O14 O55 Q56 Q58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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