Economic globalisation and Africa's quest for greener and more inclusive growth: The missing link

Isaac K. Ofori, Andreas Freytag () and Simplice Asongu

International Economics, 2024, vol. 178, issue C

Abstract: This study examines the contingency and threshold effects of economic freedom in the economic globalisation (EG) and inclusive green growth (IGG) relationship. To this end, we apply the fixed-effects generalized method of moments with Driscoll-Kraay standard errors estimator to macro data for the period 2008–2020 for 22 selected African countries. The following findings are established. First, we find that economic freedom reduces the negative effect of EG on IGG. Second, when we disaggregate EG into financial and trade globalisation, we show that the moderating effect of economic freedom on the former is rather striking. Third, our threshold analysis suggests that by improving Africa's unfree economic architecture to 60% (moderately free), the IGG-deteriorating marginal effects of EG are significantly mitigated (but not nullified). We conclude that unless an effort is made to improve economic freedom in Africa, the envisaged IGG gains of economic globalisation might prove elusive.

Keywords: Africa; Economic freedom; Economic globalisation; Inclusive green growth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F14 F4 O56 Q01 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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Working Paper: Economic Globalisation and Africa’s Quest for Greener and More Inclusive Growth: The Missing Link (2023)
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DOI: 10.1016/j.inteco.2024.100509

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