Andrew Adewale Alola|?lhan Öztürk|Festus Victor Bekun
Is clean energy prosperity and technological innovation rapidly mitigating sustainable energy-development deficit in selected sub-Saharan Africa? A myth or reality
South Ural State University|University of Vaasa|Asia University|China Medical University Hospital|China Medical University|Ça? University|Geli?im Üniversitesi|South Ural State University
united nations sustainable development goals unsdgs access clean energy sdg7 responsible energy consumption sdg12 sustainable economic growth revolves around subject human development resonates sdg8 among others based highlights study examines sustainable development panel selected subsahara african countries largely plagued huge energy deficit energy poverty setback technological innovation study leverages panel econometrics strategies explore hypothesized relationship outlined indicators period 20002016 subsaharan african countries empirical results show human development index hdi economic expansion access clean energy technological innovation exhibits longrun equilibrium relationship subsequently finding revealed economic expansion access energy technological innovation sampled countries spur higher hdi indices 1 increase economic growth increases hdi 0040 0017 short long run respectively thus infer enhanced sustainable economic growth leads higher hdi indices encompases higher literacy rate better income level increase life expectancy short long run contrary access clean energy selected blocs dampens hdi index short run effect statistically positive desirable long run