Corruption: Is it a bane to renewable energy consumption in Africa?

Amoah, Anthony; Asiama, Rexford Kweku; Korle, Kofi; Kwablah, Edmund

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2022.112854

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“…This further strengthens the results shown in Table 2 and corroborates existing literature on the effect of institutional governance on renewable energy. Amoah et al (2022) argue that corruption is inimical to renewable energy in Africa. In the renewable energy financing literature, Wiser and Pickle (1998) emphasize the importance of effective policy design for efficient investment in renewable energy.…”

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Natural resources, renewable energy, and governance: A path towards sustainable development

Nchofoung

Ojöng

2022

Sustainable Development

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Based on data for 48 African countries for the period 2000–2020, we analyse the effects of natural resources on renewable energy development and the mediating effects of governance on that relationship. For this purpose, the Ordinary Least Squares method was used to develop a baseline regression model, and the Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) approach was used for the dynamic model regression. Quantile regression was used for robustness checking across the various distributions of renewable energy. First, we find that natural resources enhance renewable energy development in Africa and that the results are robust across alternative specifications of natural resources and governance, except for forest resources, which have a negative effect on renewable energy development. When robustness is checked through a quantile regression analysis, the results show that the positive effect depends on the conditional distribution of natural resources and the type of natural resource under consideration. The negative effect of total natural resources becomes weaker as we move towards higher quantiles. Second, governance interacts with natural resource rents to generate positive effects across different governance specifications and natural resources, except for coal rent. We thereby derive some relevant implications for renewable energy financing in the Global South.

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Natural resources, renewable energy, and governance: A path towards sustainable development

Nchofoung

Ojöng

2022

Sustainable Development

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“…Existing research suggests that the number of registered cases is more directly reflective of anti-corruption more than corruption (Xu & Yano, 2017). This is because corruption is covert (Amoah et al, 2022), and it is difficult to judge how much corruption is taking place without being discovered. Under China’s anti-corruption campaign, many corrupt practices have been exposed to the public, so the number of corruption cases reflects the achievements of China’s anticorruption efforts.…”

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Impact of Local Official Corruption on Local Government Debt in China: The Mediating Role of Government Investment Efficiency

Zhen-xing

2023

Sage Open

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In the process of issuing and using local government debt, local officials may be corrupted by self-interest into inappropriately increasing the bond supply, leading to excessive expansion of local government debt and an increase in debt risk. Adopting the perspective of government investment efficiency, this paper employs a piecemeal causal steps approach to analyze the influence of local official corruption on local government debt. The results from panel data on 30 provinces in China show that the local official corruption triggers the expansion of local government debt. A mediation analysis reveals that the effect operates by impairing government investment efficiency. An analysis of regional heterogeneity further shows that the impact is weaker or even disappears in developed in comparison to underdeveloped regions, which further indicates that the anti-corruption campaign supports local government debt management, especially in developed regions. This paper not only explains the relationship between local official corruption and local government debt, but also provides new ideas for local government debt management.

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“…, 2020). Amoah et al. (2022) did point out that low levels of renewable energy use are connected with bad governance in African nations.…”

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“…For example, in Asian nations, it was found that good governance positively influenced renewable energy consumption between 1990 and 2016 (Kumaran et al, 2020). Amoah et al (2022) did point out that low levels of renewable energy use are connected with bad governance in African nations. In addition, Asongu and Odhiambo (2021) showed a negative connection between governance and the usage of renewable energy in sub-Saharan African nations.…”

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Investigating the modern renewable energy-environmental Kuznets curve (REKC) hypothesis for East Africa Community (EAC) countries

Nabaweesi,

Kigongo,

Buyinza

et al. 2023

TECHS

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PurposeThe study aims to explore the validity of the modern renewable energy-environmental Kuznets curve (REKC) while considering the relevance of financial development in the consumption of modern renewable energy in East Africa Community (EAC). Modern renewable energy in this study includes all other forms of renewable energy except traditional use of biomass. The authors controlled for the effects of urbanization, governance, foreign direct investment (FDI) and trade openness.Design/methodology/approachPanel data of the five EAC countries of Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda for the period 1996–2019 were used. The analysis relied on the use of the autoregressive distributed lag–pooled mean group (ARDL-PMG) model, and the data were sourced from the World Development Indicators (WDI), World Governance Indicators (WGI) and International Energy Agency (IEA).FindingsThe REKC hypothesis is supported for modern renewable energy consumption in the EAC region. Financial development positively and significantly affects modern renewable energy consumption, whereas urbanization, FDI and trade openness reduce modern renewable energy consumption. Governance is insignificant.Originality/valueThe concept of the REKC, although explored in other contexts such as aggregate renewable energy and in other regions, has not been used to explain the consumption of modern renewable energy in the EAC.

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Corruption: Is it a bane to renewable energy consumption in Africa?

Cited by 39 publications

References 34 publications

Natural resources, renewable energy, and governance: A path towards sustainable development

Natural resources, renewable energy, and governance: A path towards sustainable development

Impact of Local Official Corruption on Local Government Debt in China: The Mediating Role of Government Investment Efficiency

Investigating the modern renewable energy-environmental Kuznets curve (REKC) hypothesis for East Africa Community (EAC) countries

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