Towards efforts to promote renewable energy development in Africa: Does governance quality matter?

Pan, Xuan Ming; Dossou, Toyo Amègnonna Marcel; Berhe, Mesfin Welderufael; Kambaye, Emmanuelle Ndomandji

doi:10.1177/0958305x221120259

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“…Additionally, for the Central region a negative relation was found, yet variables like governmental effectiveness and accountability were found insignificant. Nonetheless, these results suggest that regions with weaker political stability may gravitate towards non-renewable practices, a notion supported by Pan et al (2022) for the whole of Africa. Other potential barriers to renewable resource uptake caused through political instability encompass inadequate policies and implementation challenges (Barbier and Burgess, 2020), regulatory instability for the promotion of renewable sources (Boute (2020) & Fabrizio ( 2012)), and uncertainties for investors (Fabrizio, (2012) & Adebayo et al (2022).…”

Section: Economic and Political Variablesmentioning

confidence: 73%

Unlocking Africa’s solar and wind energy potential: A panel data analysis on the determinants of the production of electricity through solar and wind energy

De Vries

2023

Int. J. Renew. Energy Dev.

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With growing global concerns about and attention drawn to climate change, there is a pressing need to transition towards sustainable practices to live more harmoniously with the environment. To mitigate future climate changes, many support and pursue the uptake of renewable energy to slowly shift to a more electricity powered world. Africa, richly endowed with the potential of solar and wind, stands at a pivotal point with the opportunity to develop through electricity generated by renewable. Therefore, this research delves into the complexity of 25 factors influencing the production of solar and wind-powered electricity within the continent. Through a panel data analysis conducted for the years of 2010 till 2019, the study identifies several determinants to have positive and negative effects. Results highlight the intertwined nature of regional challenges and opportunities, emphasizing that political stability, socio-economic dynamics, sound national strategies, and environmental and international commitments play pivotal roles in determining the trajectory of solar and wind energy integration in Africa’s electricity mix. Notably the study underscores that a uniform approach across Africa is insufficient, instead tailored national and foreign strategies based on regional specifics found within this study are imperative for maximizing renewable energy adoption.

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Section: Economic and Political Variablesmentioning

confidence: 73%

Unlocking Africa’s solar and wind energy potential: A panel data analysis on the determinants of the production of electricity through solar and wind energy

De Vries

2023

Int. J. Renew. Energy Dev.

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“…Following previous studies (Dossou et al, 2021;Ofori et al, 2022aOfori et al, , 2022bOfori et al, , 2022cPan et al, 2022;Xu et al, 2022), we use six governance indicators, namely rule of law, political…”

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Income Inequality in Africa: Exploring the Interaction Between Urbanization and Governance Quality

Dossou

2023

Soc Indic Res

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While many studies have examined the influence of urbanization on income inequality, the study on the moderating effect of governance on the relationship between urbanization and income inequality remains quite inexistent. To fill this gap in the literature, the study examines the moderation of governance quality on the influence of urbanization on income inequality in 46 African economies from 1996 to 2020. A two stage system GMM estimation approach has been used to achieve this goal. The results unveil that the impact of urbanization on income inequality is positive and significant, meaning that increase in urbanization exacerbates income inequality in Africa. However, the results show that the improvement of governance quality could contribute to improve income distribution in urban areas. Interestingly, the results show that improving governance quality in Africa could contribute to spurring a positive urbanization which could contribute to promote urban economic growth and reduce income inequality.

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“…Hence, there is a need to improve tourism development in Africa through formulating an appropriate policy in order to enhance inclusive growth. Third, Africa has been characterized by the low quality of governance, which leads to a high corruption rate, political instability and lax regulation (Pan et al., 2022; Xu et al., 2022). It has been posited that bad governance retards Africa's development (Acemoglu & Robinson, 2010).…”

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Governance, tourism and inclusive growth in Africa

Dossou,

Asongu,

Kambaye

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Int Social Sci J

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The use of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita as a measure of economic growth has been recently subject to wide criticism by many economists. It has been observed that although some countries have experienced economic growth in recent years, income inequality and poverty continue to be exacerbated. Recently, sustainable development goal 8 has been geared to promote inclusive growth. Considering this fact, this study expands the literature by examining the relationship between tourism development and inclusive growth for a panel of 44 African countries over the period 2000–2020. Further, the study also adds to the literature by examining the moderation of governance quality on the tourism‐inclusive growth nexus. The investigation is made using the generalized method of moments as an estimation technique. The result indicates that tourism and governance quality appear to promote inclusive growth. Moreover, the results indicate that good quality of institutions or governance could complement tourism development to promote inclusive growth, as positive synergies are apparent from the role of governance in moderating the incidence of tourism on inclusive growth. Policy implications are discussed.

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Towards efforts to promote renewable energy development in Africa: Does governance quality matter?

Cited by 13 publications

References 54 publications

Unlocking Africa’s solar and wind energy potential: A panel data analysis on the determinants of the production of electricity through solar and wind energy

Unlocking Africa’s solar and wind energy potential: A panel data analysis on the determinants of the production of electricity through solar and wind energy

Income Inequality in Africa: Exploring the Interaction Between Urbanization and Governance Quality

Governance, tourism and inclusive growth in Africa

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