Climate Variability and Urbanization in sub-Saharan Africa: Mitigating the Effects on Economic Growth
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Date
2021-09-30
Authors
Dia, Kamgnia Bernadette
Beaudelaire, Djezou Wadjamsse
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African Economic Research Consortium
Abstract
This study sought to analyze the interactions between climate variability, urbanization,
and economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa. Specifically, it analyzed the extent to
which climate variability could maintain the interaction between economic growth
and urbanization a virtuous one. An empirical strategy combining a literature review,
a descriptive analysis, and a PSTR model, was designed to achieve the specified
objectives. More specifically, the PSTR model was estimated using a panel data of 32
Sub-Saharan African countries over the period 1990-2018 to obtain some interesting
findings. The literature review pointed to several research avenues, of which: i)
multivariate analyses of economic growth, urbanization, and climate variability; (ii)
measurement challenges with urbanization and climate change; and (iii) modelling
approaches. Quantitative results indicated that in Sub-Saharan Africa, urbanization
only has a positive effect on economic growth if the temperature variability is below
the threshold of - 0.4501, while the average temperature variability is around 0.5470.
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Keywords
Climate variability, , Urbanization, , Economic growth, , PSTR model, , Threshold