How does inflation rate influence the resource utilization policy? New empirical evidence from OPEC countries

Z Yu, U Farooq, NK Shukurullaevich, MM Alam, J Dai - Resources Policy, 2024 - Elsevier
As the global economic climate continuously evolves, understanding the nuanced
relationship between inflation rates and resource utilization has become imperative for …

Improving human development through urbanization, demographic dividend and biomass energy consumption

SM Nguea - Sustainable Development, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The policy debate on the effects of urbanization, demographic dividend and biomass energy
consumption on human development in Africa has long suffered from a scarcity of empirical …

Synthesizing the role of biomass energy consumption and human development in achieving environmental sustainability

SM Nguea, HK Fotio - Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Promoting sustainable energy use is crucial to achieving environmental sustainability.
However, there is limited documentation on how human development moderates the effect …

Uncovering the linkage between sustainable development goals for access to electricity and access to safely managed drinking water and sanitation services

SM Nguea - Social Science & Medicine, 2024 - Elsevier
Efforts to improve access to electricity and access to water and sanitation often go hand in
hand, as they are essential components of sustainable development. By ensuring access to …

Natural resources depletion, financial risk, and human well-being: what is the role of green innovation and economic globalization?

M Ahmad, Z Ahmed, X Yang, M Can - Social Indicators Research, 2023 - Springer
Human well-being is the top priority of all nations in the twenty-first century. However,
depletion of natural resources and financial risk can negatively impact human well-being …

Energy efficiency, economic growth, and natural resource rent: A trilemma analysis of environmental sustainability in Africa

MA Tachega, Y Chen, GK Agbanyo, R Ahmed… - Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Climate change, exacerbated by a global economic model reliant on carbon-intensive
industrialization and unchecked growth, disproportionately affects vulnerable regions such …

Investigating the effects of globalization on economic sophistication in selected African countries

SM Nguea, HK Fotio, LA Baida - African Development Review, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This research investigates the effects of globalization on economic sophistication for 27
African countries over the 1996–2017 period by employing Driscoll and Kraay standard …

How does the coordinated development of population urbanization and land urbanization affect residents' living standards? Empirical evidence from China

L Yang, W Chen, C Fang, J Zeng - Cities, 2024 - Elsevier
An imbalance in the coordinated development of population urbanization and land
urbanization (CDPULU) significantly impacts residents' living standards (RSLS); however …

Does technology affect human development? Examining some important moderating factors

SM Nguea - Information Development, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Nowadays ICTs are fully integrated with human life. This may be why there is an increasing
interest in understanding the role that ICTs development plays in societal transformations …

Financial globalization and democracy: implications for economic growth in African countries

SM Nguea, AG Noula, I Noumba - Journal of the Knowledge Economy, 2024 - Springer
This study investigates the impact of financial globalization and democracy on economic
growth. It also investigates the joint effect between financial globalization and democracy on …