The nexus between ecological footprint, economic growth, and energy poverty in sub-Saharan Africa: a technological threshold approach

Mohd Arshad Ansari (), Muhammed Ashiq Villanthenkodath (), Vaseem Akram () and Badri Rath
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Mohd Arshad Ansari: Akal University
Muhammed Ashiq Villanthenkodath: B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology
Vaseem Akram: Indian Institute of Management Jammu
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Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, 2023, vol. 25, issue 8, No 18, 7823-7850

Abstract: Abstract In this study, we investigate the impact of energy poverty on macroeconomic variables. In particular, this study focuses on the technological threshold-based energy poverty approach due to its merits over other techniques to explore the dynamic link between ecological footprint and energy poverty in sub-Saharan African countries from 1995 to 2018. To do so, this study uses second-generation panel unit root and panel cointegration tests. First, the results derived from the cointegration tests reveal the existence of a long-run relationship among the selected variables. Second, this study applies both the random effect model and fully modified ordinary least squares estimates to calculate the long-run elasticities. The results obtained from the above tests indicate that energy poverty significantly reduces the ecological footprint; however, it does not affect the economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa. Therefore, from a policy perspective, developing countries can target energy poverty as a development indicator for protecting the environment.

Keywords: Ecological footprint; Energy poverty; Economic growth; Sub-Saharan Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F43 K32 Q42 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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