The Role of Natural Resource Wealth and National-Level Economic Forces in Energy Poverty Intensity in African Economies DOI Creative Commons
Samson Adeniyi Aladejare

Research Square (Research Square), Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Jan. 6, 2025

Abstract Despite the overwhelming natural resource endowments and economic progression of Africa, continent happens to be world’s poorest energy source in terms availability, affordability, accessibility for basic human needs. Consequently, this paper examined contributions rents homogenous factors poverty intensity 26 African countries between 1990 2023. Methodologically, method moments quantile regression approach was employed deriving study’s main inferences. Also, dynamic common correlated estimation technique applied robustness. Empirically, demonstrated that economies with relatively high levels intensity, have a weak effect propelling former. However, are more important exacerbate moderate severity than those low intensity. As national-level factor, while income has an insignificant irrespective economies, public outlay substantially aggravates across all classifications by same magnitude. infrastructure development reduced severity, followed high-intensity nations. population growth’s adverse impact most dominant low-energy-poverty-intense countries, medium- high-energy-poverty-severe economies. Applicable policy measures were proposed study. JEL Classification: O13, O55, Q43.

Language: Английский

The Role of Natural Resource Wealth and National-Level Economic Forces in Energy Poverty Intensity in African Economies DOI Creative Commons
Samson Adeniyi Aladejare

Research Square (Research Square), Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Jan. 6, 2025

Abstract Despite the overwhelming natural resource endowments and economic progression of Africa, continent happens to be world’s poorest energy source in terms availability, affordability, accessibility for basic human needs. Consequently, this paper examined contributions rents homogenous factors poverty intensity 26 African countries between 1990 2023. Methodologically, method moments quantile regression approach was employed deriving study’s main inferences. Also, dynamic common correlated estimation technique applied robustness. Empirically, demonstrated that economies with relatively high levels intensity, have a weak effect propelling former. However, are more important exacerbate moderate severity than those low intensity. As national-level factor, while income has an insignificant irrespective economies, public outlay substantially aggravates across all classifications by same magnitude. infrastructure development reduced severity, followed high-intensity nations. population growth’s adverse impact most dominant low-energy-poverty-intense countries, medium- high-energy-poverty-severe economies. Applicable policy measures were proposed study. JEL Classification: O13, O55, Q43.

Language: Английский

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