Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/269040 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
AGDI Working Paper No. WP/22/032
Publisher: 
African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI), Yaoundé
Abstract: 
We adopt the FMOLS and Granger causality technique to analyse the effect of energy use and carbon emissions on output growth in selected West African economies, which includes Nigeria, Gambia and Ghana, from 1970 to 2019. Findings confirm that energy use enhances growth in the three selected West African economies. But in terms of significance, energy consumption is significant in Nigeria and Gambia at a 1% level of significance while it is insignificant for the Gambia. CO2 emission positively and significantly propels economic growth for the three selected West African economies. For Nigeria, causality evidence shows no direct influence among the variables. For Ghana, we find a bi-causal association between output growth and carbon emissions and a unidirectional causality from pollution to energy consumption. For Gambia, economic growth causes CO2 emissions. We recommend that the West African government reinforce their stand on a sustainable growth path through energy conservation.
Subjects: 
Energy Use
Pollution
Output Growth
West Africa
JEL: 
O44
O55
Q40
Q53
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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