Assessing the nexus between industrialization and inclusive green growth in Africa. The critical role of energy efficiency

IF 6.6 2区经济学 Q1 ECOLOGY

Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2025-03-13 DOI:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2025.108601

Brice Kamguia , Sosson Tadadjeu , Hermann Ndoya , Ronald Djeunankan

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Abstract

The literature on the effects of industrialization shows that it boosts productivity, creates jobs, enhances workforce skills, and contributes to social stability. However, its effects on inclusive green growth are quite rare in the literature. This study endeavors to fill this research gap by proposing one of the first empirical analyses, linking industrialization and inclusive green growth in a sample of 42 African countries over the period 2000–2020. This study also examines whether energy efficiency can generate a positive synergy with industrialization to foster inclusive green growth in Africa. To this end, we develop an innovative assessment framework to measure Africa's inclusive green growth, covering three dimensions: economic, social, and ecological sustainability. Empirical analysis shows that industrialization reduces inclusive green growth. In addition, energy efficiency has a positive effect on inclusive green growth. Interestingly, energy efficiency mitigates the negative effect of industrialization on inclusive green growth. Based on these results, some economic policy implications are discussed.

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Ecological Economics 环境科学-环境科学

CiteScore

12.00

自引率

5.70%

发文量

313

审稿时长

6 months

期刊介绍： Ecological Economics is concerned with extending and integrating the understanding of the interfaces and interplay between "nature''s household" (ecosystems) and "humanity''s household" (the economy). Ecological economics is an interdisciplinary field defined by a set of concrete problems or challenges related to governing economic activity in a way that promotes human well-being, sustainability, and justice. The journal thus emphasizes critical work that draws on and integrates elements of ecological science, economics, and the analysis of values, behaviors, cultural practices, institutional structures, and societal dynamics. The journal is transdisciplinary in spirit and methodologically open, drawing on the insights offered by a variety of intellectual traditions, and appealing to a diverse readership. Specific research areas covered include: valuation of natural resources, sustainable agriculture and development, ecologically integrated technology, integrated ecologic-economic modelling at scales from local to regional to global, implications of thermodynamics for economics and ecology, renewable resource management and conservation, critical assessments of the basic assumptions underlying current economic and ecological paradigms and the implications of alternative assumptions, economic and ecological consequences of genetically engineered organisms, and gene pool inventory and management, alternative principles for valuing natural wealth, integrating natural resources and environmental services into national income and wealth accounts, methods of implementing efficient environmental policies, case studies of economic-ecologic conflict or harmony, etc. New issues in this area are rapidly emerging and will find a ready forum in Ecological Economics.