Towards inclusive green growth in Africa: Critical energy efficiency synergies and governance thresholds

Arbeitspapier

This study contributes to the scholarly literature on the drive towards sustainable development in light of the UN's Agenda 2030 and the African Union's Agenda 2063 by examining pathways through which energy efficiency (EE) promotes inclusive green growth (IGG) in Africa. Our contribution is novel from both the conceptual and empirical perspectives. With regard to the former, we develop a framework on how EE and governance feed into IGG, and on the latter, our contribution is based on country-level data for 23 African countries for the period 1996 - 2020. First, evidence from the generalised method of moments (GMM) estimator shows that EE is not unconditionally effective for spurring IGG. Second, we find that governance is both directly, and indirectly effective for repackaging EE to foster IGG. In particular, the evidence suggests that governance mechanisms for controlling corruption while ensuring regulatory quality and government effectiveness are keys for forming relevant synergies with EE to foster IGG. Third, regarding the socioeconomic sustainability (SES) and environmental sustainability (EVS) dichotomy of IGG, we find that the EE-governance pathway is more effective for driving the latter compared to the former. We also make some policy recommendations.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: AGDI Working Paper ; No. WP/22/043

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Macroeconomic Analyses of Economic Development ; Institutions and Growth ; Environment and Growth ; Economywide Country Studies: Africa ; Sustainable Development ; Energy and the Macroeconomy ; Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth
• Subject: Africa, Inclusive Growth ; Inclusive Green Growth ; Greenhouse Gases ; Environmental Sustainability ; Carbon Intensity ; Sustainable Development

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Ofori, Isaac Kwesi ; Gbolonyo, Emmanuel ; Ojong, Nathanael
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI)
• (where): Yaoundé
• (when): 2022

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/269050
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:45 AM CET