Information and communication technology expenditures and household transport fuel market participation and consumption in Ghana

Submitted by Vicentia Quartey on
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The paper looked at the effect of household outlay on information and communication technology (ICT) on market participation and consumption choices for transportation fuel, as well as the role that household location plays in determining how ICT affects both educated and uneducated households’ market participation and consumption choices. The double-hurdle model was applied to five rounds of secondary Ghana Living Standard Surveys (GLSS).

Energy

Corruption: Is it a bane to renewable energy consumption in Africa?

Submitted by Vicentia Quartey on
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Increasingly, a significant part of the literature on corruption establishes a negative relationship between corruption and economic variables. However, empirical research showing the influence of corruption on renewable energy consumption is useful because of the global interest in achieving a low-carbon and clean environment.

Energy

Household exposure to the risk of cooking smoke: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

Submitted by Vicentia Quartey on
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In Sub-Saharan Africa, the place of cooking and choice of fuel for cooking have detrimental effects on health due to excessive exposure to smoke. This study explores household-level exposure to the risk of cooking smoke and its associated determinants.

Air Quality, Energy

Does remittance inflow influence energy poverty?

Submitted by Vicentia Quartey on
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Energy poverty is a relevant issue in Africa, driven largely by income constraints. Eliminating or reducing this phenomenon could prove very vital in achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 7 as well as sustainable development and inclusive growth. Remittances remain an important means of income support in developing and emerging economies.

Energy

Public acceptability of policy instruments for reducing fossil fuelconsumption in East Africa

Submitted by Jane Nyawira Maina on

In recent decades, there has been increasing research interest in individuals' support of and resistance to climate and environmental policy instruments. However, there is an empirical bias in the literature, as few studies have been conducted in low-income countries. Based on a survey with 4,766 respondents we identify the level of public acceptability for climate policy instruments and their determinants in East Africa(Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda). 

Climate Change, Energy, Policy Design