Simplice Asongu|Sara le Roux|Nicholas Biekpe
Enhancing ICT for environmental sustainability in sub-Saharan Africa
University of Cape Town|Oxford Brookes University|Oxford Brookes University|University of Cape Town
study examines increasing ict penetration subsaharan africa ssa contribute towards environmental sustainability decreasing co2 emissions empirical evidence based generalised method moments fortyfour countries period 20002012 ict measured internet penetration mobile phone penetration co2 emissions per capita co2 emissions liquid fuel consumption used proxies environmental degradation following findings established first noninteractive regressions ict ie mobile phones internet significantly affect co2 emissions second interactive regressions increasing ict positive net effect co2 emissions per capita increasing mobile phone penetration alone net negative effect co2 emissions liquid fuel consumption policy thresholds ict change net effects positive negative computed discussed policy thresholds minimum levels ict required effect ict co2 emissions negative practical implications policy theory discussed