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An empirical investigation of the effects of poverty and urbanization on environmental degradation: the case of sub-Saharan Africa

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dc.contributor.author Rakshit, B.
dc.contributor.author Jain, P.
dc.contributor.author Sharma, R.
dc.contributor.author Bardhan, S.
dc.date.accessioned 2024-10-15T05:19:02Z
dc.date.available 2024-10-15T05:19:02Z
dc.date.issued 2024-10-15
dc.identifier.uri http://dspace.iitrpr.ac.in:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/4746
dc.description.abstract This study empirically investigates the effects of poverty and urbanization on environmental degradation for a sample of 43 sub-Saharan African (SSA) economies from 1995 to 2018. The major contribution of the study lies in examining the existence of non-linear effects of poverty and urbanization on environmental degradation. We considered a set of institutional and demographic factors to explain the dynamics among poverty, urbanization, and environmental degradation. Findings suggest that an increase in the poverty gap significantly contributes towards intensifying environmental degradation in SSA countries. Results also show the existence of a non-linear relationship between poverty and environmental degradation. The findings purpose several crucial policy recommendations which necessitate the participation of different stakeholders such as government, institutions, researchers, non-profit organizations and citizens for the effective implementations of environment-friendly policies. A battery of robustness tests confirms the validity of the main findings of the study. en_US
dc.language.iso en_US en_US
dc.subject Poverty en_US
dc.subject Urbanization en_US
dc.subject Environmental degradation en_US
dc.subject Sub-Saharan Africa en_US
dc.title An empirical investigation of the effects of poverty and urbanization on environmental degradation: the case of sub-Saharan Africa en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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