The Relationship Between Energy Poverty and Economic Growth

Year 2020, Volume: 5 Issue: 2, 101 - 114, 31.12.2020

Müge Manga

https://doi.org/10.25229/beta.812850

Cited By: 1

Abstract

In this study, it is aimed to analyze the causality relationship between the rate of access to electricity and economic growth in Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Gambia, Haiti, Madagascar, Malawi, and Mali in the period 1995-2016. According to the Kónya (2006) causality test, which was applied after the cross section dependency and homogeneity test, findings were obtained for both variables in a country specific. According to the findings, there is a bidirectional causality relationship between economic growth and energy poverty in the Central African Republic and Madagascar, and a one-way causality relationship from economic growth to energy poverty in Burkina Faso and Malawi, and from energy poverty to economic growth in Haiti. In addition, it has been concluded that there is no causal relationship between economic growth and energy poverty in the selected countries, Gambia and Mali.

Keywords

Energy Poverty, Economic Growth, Underdeveloped Countries

Enerji Yoksulluğu ve Ekonomik Büyüme İlişkisi

Abstract

Bu çalışmada, 1995-2016 dönemindeki Burkina Faso, Orta Afrika Cumhuriyeti, Gambiya, Haiti, Madagaskar, Malavi, Mali’de enerji yoksulluğu göstergesi olarak ele alınan elektrik enerjisine erişim oranı ile ekonomik büyüme arasındaki nedensellik ilişkisinin analiz edilmesi amaçlanmaktadır. Yapılan yatay kesit bağımlılığı ve homojenlik testi sonrasında uygulanan Kónya (2006) nedensellik testi ile ülke özelinde her iki değişken için bulgular elde edilmiştir. Elde edilen analiz sonuçlarına göre, Orta Afrika Cumhuriyeti ile Madagaskar’da ekonomik büyüme ile enerji yoksulluğu arasında çift yönlü nedensellik ilişkisi, Burkina Faso ve Malavi’de ekonomik büyümeden enerji yoksulluğuna, Haiti’de ise enerji yoksulluğundan ekonomik büyümeye doğru tek yönlü bir nedensellik ilişkisi mevcuttur. Ayrıca seçilen ülkelerden, Gambiya ve Mali’de ekonomik büyüme ve enerji yoksulluğu arasında herhangi bir nedensellik ilişkisinin söz konusu olmadığı görülmektedir.

Keywords

Enerji Yoksulluğu, Ekonomik Büyüme, Az gelişmiş ülkeler

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