The positive impact of official development assistance (ODA) on renewable energy development: Evidence from 34 Sub-Saharan Africa Countries

Wang, Qiang; Guo, Jiaqi; Dong, Zequn

doi:10.1016/j.spc.2021.06.007

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“…It might be due to the fact that some of the ODA might be going towards environmentally sustainable and some of the ODA might be going towards projects which have detrimental effects on the environment. The finding is different from Wang et al ( 2021 ) who found that development assistance promotes renewable energy development during the initial phases of technological progress and social structural changes. A detailed examination of the relationship between ODA, renewable energy and environment in the region can be an agenda of future research.…”

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“…Third, unlike previous studies on environmental degradation, this study considers the role of development aid in mitigating environmental degradation. One previous study (Wang et al 2021 ) investigated the impact of ODA on renewable energy development in 34 SSA countries. Our study differs from Wang et al ( 2021 ) on the ground that it considers the role of ODA in environmental degradation for a wider set of 43 SSA countries.…”

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“…One previous study (Wang et al 2021 ) investigated the impact of ODA on renewable energy development in 34 SSA countries. Our study differs from Wang et al ( 2021 ) on the ground that it considers the role of ODA in environmental degradation for a wider set of 43 SSA countries. Finally, we employ several alternative indicators of poverty and environmental degradation to derive conclusions about the effect of poverty on the environment.…”

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This study empirically investigates the effects of poverty and urbanization on environmental degradation for a sample of 43 sub-Saharan African (SSA) economies from 1995 to 2018. The major contribution of the study lies in examining the existence of non-linear effects of poverty and urbanization on environmental degradation. We considered a set of institutional and demographic factors to explain the dynamics among poverty, urbanization, and environmental degradation. Findings suggest that an increase in the poverty gap significantly contributes towards intensifying environmental degradation in SSA countries. Results also show the existence of a non-linear relationship between poverty and environmental degradation. The findings purpose several crucial policy recommendations which necessitate the participation of different stakeholders such as government, institutions, researchers, non-profit organizations and citizens for the effective implementations of environment-friendly policies. A battery of robustness tests confirms the validity of the main findings of the study.

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“…Zhang and Yang ( 2020 ) extended this theory to the energy industry and put forward the concept of the value chain of the RE industry (REI), which includes technological innovation, project investment, production, transmission, and consumption of RE. Specifically, power generation is the main utilization form of RE (Wang et al 2021a , b , c ); technological innovation can significantly reduce the utilization cost of RE such as power generation (Lin and Chen 2019 ); investment is an important force to promote the development of REI (Bai et al 2021 ); at the same time, the growth of RE consumption can reduce the country’s dependence on traditional fossil energy and imported energy (Zhang et al 2021 ). All of these activities can actively promote the orderly expansion of REI.…”

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What really influences the development of renewable energy? A systematic review and meta-analysis

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Promoting renewable energy (RE) is one key strategy to increase energy security and mitigate global warming. What really influences the development of RE has aroused public attention worldwide. Numerous studies have identified and evaluated the critical influence factors (CIFs) for renewable energy development (RED); however, there seems to be no consensus among the previous studies on these CIFs and their importance level or influence direction. Given that, this study, for the first time, conducts a systematic review and meta-analysis of the CIFs for RED. With evidence from 33,119 observations in 67 studies between 2010 and 2022, 44 CIFs distributed in political, economic, environmental, social, and technological (PEEST) dimensions were selected from an international perspective. Results demonstrate that (i) 27 CIFs with statistical significance and their rank list were identified through meta-analysis. Some of them were mentioned many times in previous studies, but their significance for RED was not very high. (ii) The top three driving factors in CIFs’ significance rank list were industrial infrastructure investment , R&D , and financial development , and the top three inhibiting factors were the fossil-based energy consumption structure , policy uncertainty , and population life. (iii) The publication year, country’s economy, and links of the RED value chain have a moderating effect on some CIFs’ influence mechanisms. This study not only contributes to the existing RED knowledge body but also provides references to policymakers and practitioners in formulating policies and good practices to promote renewable energy. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11356-023-26286-w.

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“…However, the view of neoclassical economists is that the key factor to promote contemporary economic growth lies in technological progress. At the same time, when studying the theoretical model of economic growth, not only consider the two factors of capital and labor but also consider resource consumption as a separate input factor into the theoretical model, not just as a part of the capital [20][21][22][23][24].…”

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The positive impact of official development assistance (ODA) on renewable energy development: Evidence from 34 Sub-Saharan Africa Countries

Cited by 38 publications

References 34 publications

An empirical investigation of the effects of poverty and urbanization on environmental degradation: the case of sub-Saharan Africa

An empirical investigation of the effects of poverty and urbanization on environmental degradation: the case of sub-Saharan Africa

What really influences the development of renewable energy? A systematic review and meta-analysis

Empirical Analysis of the Relationship between Renewable Energy Consumption and Economic Growth Based on the Grey Markov Model

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