RURAL POVERTY AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION: EVIDENCE FROM SELECTED COUNTRIES IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
Gowaria Dafa Alla Abd-Elgdir Ali
rural poverty; carbon dioxide emission; deforestation; environmental degradation; environmental awareness; Sub-Saharan Africa
This paper investigates the inter-relationship between rural poverty and environmental degradation, relies on secondary data of 21 of Sub-Saharan African countries for year 2021 as compiled by the World Bank. A recursive model made up of five behavioral equations has been built, the functional equations expressed in an economic and social terms. Carbon dioxide emissions and deforestation as facets of environmental degradation. The results reveal that rural poverty lends itself to be readily explainable on the basis of prevalent macro socio-economic variables and some aspects of environment degradation by no means a consequence of the spread of poverty.
"RURAL POVERTY AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION: EVIDENCE FROM SELECTED COUNTRIES IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA", IJSDR - International Journal of Scientific Development and Research (www.IJSDR.org), ISSN:2455-2631, Vol.8, Issue 12, page no.737 - 749, December-2023, Available :https://ijsdr.org/papers/IJSDR2312096.pdf
Volume 8
Issue 12,
December-2023
Pages : 737 - 749
Paper Reg. ID: IJSDR_209601
Published Paper Id: IJSDR2312096
Downloads: 000347367
Research Area: Social Science and Humanities
Country: Wad Medani, Gezira, Sudan
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10428143
ISSN: 2455-2631 | IMPACT FACTOR: 9.15 Calculated By Google Scholar | ESTD YEAR: 2016
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