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Title:
ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION, ENERGY CONSUMPTION AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN CAMEROON

Authors:
Ndifor Roger Tah

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Ndifor Roger Tah
PhD student, University of Buea, SWR Cameroon

MLA 8
Tah, Ndifor Roger. "ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION, ENERGY CONSUMPTION AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN CAMEROON." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 5, no. 5, May 2020, pp. 1271-1294, ijsser.org/more2020.php?id=86. Accessed May 2020.
APA
Tah, N. (2020, May). ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION, ENERGY CONSUMPTION AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN CAMEROON. Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 5(5), 1271-1294. Retrieved from ijsser.org/more2020.php?id=86
Chicago
Tah, Ndifor Roger. "ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION, ENERGY CONSUMPTION AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN CAMEROON." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 5, no. 5 (May 2020), 1271-1294. Accessed May, 2020. ijsser.org/more2020.php?id=86.

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Abstract:
This study investigated the relationship between environmental degradation, energy consumption and economic growth in Cameroon using time series data ranging from 1970-2018. The study employed the Autoregressive Distributional Lag model (ARDL) procedure to analyze the data with the aid of Econometrics View Package (E- views 10). The results obtained revealed a positive short run as well as long run relationship between energy consumption (energy use) and economic growth (RGDP). Also, there is a positive and significant relationship between electricity consumption and economic growth in both the short run and long run. Again, the results established a negative relationship between environmental degradation (CO2) and economic growth (RGDP) in the short run as well as in the long run. Furthermore, the result revealed a positive and significant relationship between energy consumption and CO2 emission in the short run but insignificant in the long run. Lastly, the coefficients of the ARDL error correction mechanism (ecm(-1)) are all negative and statistically significant indicating that the speed of adjustment from the short run to the long equilibrium is significant. Based on the results, the study recommends that companies in charge oil refining and transportation should increase the supply of diesel and petrol around the country by connecting the major towns with oil pipelines. Secondly, the government should increase its budgetary allocation to the energy sector.

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