Promoting renewable energy consumption in Sub-Saharan Africa: how capital flight crowds out the favorable effect of foreign aid

Simplice Asongu and Joel Eita ()

No 23/012, Journal of Africa SEER Centre(ASC) from Africa SEER Centre(ASC)

Abstract: The study assesses the effect of capital flight in the nexus between foreign aid and renewable energy consumption in 20 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa using data for the period 1996-2018. The empirical technique employed is interactive quantile regressions and the following findings are established. Foreign aid increases renewable energy consumption while capital flight dampens the favorable effect of foreign aid on renewable energy consumption. The underlying significance and corresponding mitigating effect are exclusively relevant to the bottom (i.e., 10th) quantile of the conditional distribution of renewable energy consumption. The findings are robust to simultaneity and the unobserved heterogeneity. Policy implications are discussed.

Keywords: Foreign aid; capital flight; renewable energy; sub-Saharan Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H10 O11 O55 Q20 Q30 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 28 pages
Date: 2023-01
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Forthcoming in Journal of Applied Social Science

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Working Paper: Promoting renewable energy consumption in Sub-Saharan Africa: how capital flight crowds-out the favorable effect of foreign aid (2023)
Working Paper: Promoting renewable energy consumption in Sub-Saharan Africa: how capital flight crowds-out the favorable effect of foreign aid (2023)
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