Harmonizing Laws and Politics: Combating Environmental Pollution for Sustainable Development

Weiping Han, Romanus Osabohien, Armand Fréjuis Akpa, Alhassan Karakara and Mamdouh Abdulaziz Saleh Al-Faryan

Politická ekonomie, vol. preprint

Abstract: This study explores the interplay among political factors, environmental pollution, and sustainable development in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Drawing on an evaluation of the literature and empirical data, the study highlights the effect of political instability, corruption, and weak governance on environmental degradation and sustainable development. The study applied the Pooled Ordinary Least Squares, the fixed effects and to account for possible problems of endogeneity, the Generalised Method of Moments (GMM) was utilized. The result show that environmental pollution worsens sustainable development, while political factors improve sustainable development. These outcomes imply that political factors are necessary to promote sustainable development, because political factors allow to define rule to protect the environment. Finally, the study proposes policy aimed at promoting sustainable development, including strengthening environmental regulations, promoting renewable energy sources, and encouraging public-private partnerships for sustainable development.

Keywords: Environmental pollution; reenable energy; clean energy; political factors; sustainable development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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