Urbanization, Fossil Fuel Consumption and Carbon Dioxide Emission in Ghana: The STIRPAT Model Approach

Yakubu, Ibrahim Nandom; Kapusuzoğlu, Ayhan; Ceylan, Nildağ Başak

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-76783-9_15

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“…The result suggests that in the drive to boost domestic output with the adoption of advanced technologies, energy consumption rises, increasing environmental degradation. The findings support those of Lv and Xu (2019) and Yakubu et al (2021).…”

Section: Techssupporting

confidence: 85%

“…Scholarly research has documented mixed results on the effect of technology on pollution. While some researchers (see Adebayo and Kirikkaleli, 2021;Yakubu et al, 2021;Wahab et al, 2022) evidenced that technology exacerbates environmental pollution, other studies (for example Bin and Shuo, 2017;Ahmad et., 2020;Chen et al, 2020;Nguyen et al, 2020;Niu, 2021;Paramati et al, 2021) argued that technology enhances environmental quality. This study seeks to advance the debate on the technology-environmental sustainability nexus in the case of Ghana.…”

Section: Industrialization and Environmental Qualitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Following the works of Shahbaz et al (2018) and Akçay (2019), we measure industrialization using manufacturing value added (% of GDP). In line with Yakubu et al (2021), the interaction term of industry sector value-added and services sector value-added is used to gauge technology. For the control variables, education is proxied by the percentage of gross enrollment in secondary school.…”

Section: Data and Variablesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Exploring industrialization and environmental sustainability dynamics in Ghana: a fully modified least squares approach

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2022

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PurposeThis paper seeks to provide empirical insight into how industrialization and technology affect environmental quality in Ghana.Design/methodology/approachUsing Ecological Footprint (ECF) as a measure of environmental degradation, the authors employ annual data from World Development Indicators of the World Bank and the Global Footprint Network spanning from 1970 to 2017 and apply the fully modified least squares (FMOLS) technique.FindingsThe results reveal that industrialization has a negative significant influence on ECF, suggesting that industrialization contributes to environmental sustainability in Ghana. The authors find that technology is harmful to the environment as it has a positive significant effect on ECF. The study also documents that while education and financial development improve environmental sustainability, fossil fuel consumption exacerbates environmental degradation in Ghana.Originality/valueThe environmental impact of industrialization is still being debated, with very scanty empirical evidence in the African context. Based on a detailed review of the literature, this paper provides an initial attempt to investigate the industrialization–environmental sustainability nexus in Ghana. Besides, whereas most extant studies have employed CO2 emission as a proxy of environmental degradation, the authors use ECF to gauge the level of environmental degradation which is regarded as a more inclusive metric.

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Section: Industrialization and Environmental Qualitymentioning

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2022

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Revisiting the sustainable industrialization paradigm in Africa: Exploring the influence of digitalization

Ketchoua,

Avenyo,

Tregenna

2024

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This research contributes to the ongoing discourse surrounding the sustainable industrialization of African nations, a pivotal aspect emphasized by the United Nations within the Sustainable Development Goals. Drawing inspiration from the burgeoning digitalization trends across Africa, this study examines the role of digitalization in mediating the environmental repercussions of industrialization within the 45 African countries spanning the years 2000–2022. The assessment of environmental sustainability is gauged through ecological footprint and biocapacity. Employing the Environmental Kuznets Curve, and the Stochastic Impacts by Regression on Population, Affluence, and Technology framework, empirical analyses leverage the Generalized Method of Moments and the mediation analysis using structural equation modeling to unveil insightful findings. The research findings highlight the detrimental impact of industrialization on ecological health, evidenced by its correlation with an increase in ecological footprint and a decrease in biocapacity. Conversely, digitalization emerges as a positive influence on environmental well‐being. These findings remain consistent across diverse categorizations of digitalization, and ecological balance. Further examination of their interplay reveals a discernible favorable impact on environmental sustainability, with mediation analysis suggesting that digitalization mitigates approximately 4% and 6% of the overall impact of industrialization on ecological footprint and biocapacity, respectively. Additionally, our analysis lends credence to the Environmental Kuznets Curve hypothesis. As a result, it is imperative for governments to incentivize industries to adopt eco‐friendly practices and technologies in order to mitigate their ecological footprint. At the same time, policies that promote digitalization should be encouraged to further enhance environmental quality.

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RETRACTED ARTICLE: Have international remittance inflows degraded environmental quality? A carbon emission mitigation analysis for Ghana

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Urbanization, Fossil Fuel Consumption and Carbon Dioxide Emission in Ghana: The STIRPAT Model Approach

Cited by 7 publications

References 47 publications

Exploring industrialization and environmental sustainability dynamics in Ghana: a fully modified least squares approach

Exploring industrialization and environmental sustainability dynamics in Ghana: a fully modified least squares approach

Revisiting the sustainable industrialization paradigm in Africa: Exploring the influence of digitalization

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Have international remittance inflows degraded environmental quality? A carbon emission mitigation analysis for Ghana

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