<b>“Renewable Energy Consumption, Poverty, and Inequality in French-Speaking African Countries: An ARDL Panel Data Analysis,” </b><b><i>The Journal of Energy and Development</i></b><b>, vol. 48, no. 1 (copyright 2023), pp. 129–155</b>
Creators: name: BILOA ESSIMI, Jean Aristide
name: AMBASSA, Laurent-Fabrice
name: KEDE NDOUNA, Faustine
name: GANKOU, Jean Marie
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 380105
subject: Environment and resource economics
classificationCode: 380107
subject: Financial economics
classificationCode: 380110
subject: International economics
classificationCode: 380202
subject: Econometric and statistical methods
classificationCode: 400803
subject: Electrical energy generation (incl. renewables, excl. photovoltaics)
classificationCode: 440405
subject: Poverty, inclusivity and wellbeing
classificationCode: 401102
subject: Environmentally sustainable engineering
classificationCode: 380299
subject: Econometrics not elsewhere classified

description: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.25055327<b>Abstract:</b> As part of the promotion of renewable energy, facilities or exemption or exemption schemes have been granted to foreign and domestic direct investors in some Sub-Saharan African countries to improve the energy supply because of the likely budgetary, economic, and social implications. The objective of this study, therefore, is to analyze the impact of renewable energy consumption on household well-being, income inequality, and poverty in French-speaking Black African countries. For this study, we have adopted a statistical and econometric approach. The econometric approach is based on the estimation of an ARDL model in panel data on a sample of 20 French-speaking Black African countries over the period 1990-2017. The results show that the renewable energy consumption has a positive effect on GDP per capita. Our results find that renewable energy significantly reduces income inequality and poverty in the short term. However, the low level of infrastructure and political instability of most of these countries limits the integration of this technology in the long term.<b><i>About the Authors:</i></b><b>Jean Aristide BILOA ESSIMI</b>: Lecturer-Researcher, Faculty of Economics and Applied Management (ESFGA)/University of Douala, Researcher at LAREM,<i> </i><i>essaristid@yahoo.fr</i>, <i>https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6464-7044</i><b>Lau</b><b>rent-Fabrice AMBASSA:</b> Research Group in Economic and Management (GREG), Theoretical and Applied Economics/University of Douala, <i>ambassafabrice@yahoo.fr</i><i>,</i> <i>https://</i><i>orcid.org/0000-0001-5622-6891</i><b>Faustine KEDE NDOUNA</b>: Dschang School of Economics, Applied Microeconomy Research Centre (REMA); Dschang-Cameroun, faustinekede@outlook.com, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5823-565X<b>Jean Marie GANKOU: </b>Full Professor of Universities, Director LAREM, Faculty of Economics and Management (FSEG)/University of Yaoundé II-Soa, jeanmariegankou@yahoo.fr, JEAN-MARIE GANKOU (0000-0002-4608-7178) - ORCID<b><i>ABOUT THIS ARTICLE: </i></b>This article appeared in volume 48, number 1 of the <i>Journal of Energy and Development</i>: <b>Jean Aristide Biloa Essimi, Laurent-Fabrice Ambassa, Faustine Kede Ndouna, and Jean Marie Gankou, “Renewable Energy Consumption, Poverty, and Inequality in French-Speaking African Countries: An ARDL Panel Data Analysis,” </b><b><i>The Journal of Energy and Development</i></b><b>, vol. 48, no. 1, pp. 129–155.</b><br>