Achieving sustainable development goal 7 in Africa: Does globalization matter for electricity access, renewable energy consumption, and energy efficiency?

Hervé Kaffo Fotio, Samuel Adams, Hilaire Nkengfack and Boker Poumie

Utilities Policy, 2023, vol. 82, issue C

Abstract: This paper examines the effect of globalization on progress toward SDG 7, with a particular focus on electricity access, renewable energy consumption, and energy intensity. Data are on 42 African countries over the 2000 – 2015 period. Findings from the fixed-effects model with the Driscoll-Kraay estimator show that overall globalization improves electricity access, while its effect on renewable energy consumption and energy intensity is insignificant. Additional findings show that economic globalization improves electricity access and energy efficiency; social globalization undermines renewable energy consumption while improving energy efficiency; political globalization increases electricity access and renewable energy consumption. Some recommendations are provided.

Keywords: SDG 7; Globalization; Access to electricity; Renewable energy; Energy intensity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2023.101545

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