Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/191317 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
AGDI Working Paper No. WP/17/055
Publisher: 
African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI), Yaoundé
Abstract: 
This study investigates how information and communication technology (ICT) complements globalisation in order to influence CO2 emissions in 44 Sub-Saharan African countries over the period 2000-2012. ICT is measured with internet penetration and mobile phone penetration whereas globalisation is designated in terms of trade and financial openness. The empirical evidence is based on the Generalised Method of Moments. The findings broadly show that ICT can be employed to dampen the potentially negative effect of globalisation on environmental degradation like CO2 emissions. Practical, policy and theoretical implications are discussed.
Subjects: 
CO2 emissions
ICT
Economic development
Africa
JEL: 
C52
O38
O40
O55
P37
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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