Is there a trade-off between sustainable society targets in Sub-Saharan Africa?

KOÇAK E., ULUCAK R., DEDEOĞLU M., Ulucak Z.

SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND SOCIETY, vol.51, 2019 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 51
  • Publication Date: 2019
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.scs.2019.101705
  • Journal Name: SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND SOCIETY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Keywords: Sustainable development, Poverty, Carbon dioxide (CO2), Africa, Panel quantile regression, ENVIRONMENTAL KUZNETS CURVE, RENEWABLE ENERGY-CONSUMPTION, CLIMATE-CHANGE MITIGATION, ECONOMIC-GROWTH, CO2 EMISSIONS, QUANTILE REGRESSION, POVERTY REDUCTION, ELECTRICITY ACCESS, BIOMASS ENERGY, PANEL
  • Erciyes University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Poverty and climate change are important matters to be struggled within the scope of sustainable development goals. However, there may exist a paradoxical situation that implies a trade-off relationship between poverty alleviation and CO2 emissions reduction efforts. In this context, this paper investigates whether such a relationship existed or not in the 48 Sub-Saharan African countries over the period 2010-2016 by employing a panel quantile regression method. Estimation outputs reveal that there is a strong trade-off between poverty and CO2 emissions for all quantile levels. Results also provide evidence that access to electricity has a reducing and enhancing effect on poverty and CO2 emissions, respectively. Results also show that institutional improvements help reducing both poverty and CO2 emissions.