Balancing fossil fuel subsidies and renewable energy investment: a two-way policy dilemma in Africa’s energy transition
化石燃料補助金と再生可能エネルギー投資のバランス：アフリカのエネルギー転換における二方向政策ジレンマ (AI 翻訳)
Stephanie Acheampong, Kofi Amanor
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日本語
サブサハラアフリカ20カ国を対象に、化石燃料補助金と再生可能エネルギー投資の個別的・相互作用がエネルギー負担に与える影響を動的パネルGMMで分析。同時実施は長短期的に負担を軽減するが、補助金単独の効果は非有意。政策の調和が重要と示唆。
English
This study examines the interactive and individual effects of fossil fuel subsidies and renewable energy investment on energy burden in 20 Sub-Saharan African countries from 2010 to 2022 using dynamic panel GMM. The joint effect significantly reduces energy burden in both the short and long run, while subsidies alone are insignificant, highlighting the need for coordinated policy.
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日本のGX文脈において
日本では再エネ拡大と化石燃料補助金の両立が議論されているが、本稿は途上国における政策相互作用の実証エビデンスを提供。日本版GX政策設計においても、補助金と投資の同時最適化が示唆される。
In the global GX context
This paper provides empirical evidence from Africa on the trade-off between fossil fuel subsidies and renewable energy investment, relevant for global energy transition policy. It supports the need for coordinated policy packages, aligning with ISSB/TCFD frameworks that emphasize systemic risk assessment and transition planning.
👥 読者別の含意
🔬研究者:Methodology on interaction effects in energy policy and empirical results for Sub-Saharan Africa.
🏢実務担当者:Insights for companies operating in African markets on how subsidy regimes interact with renewable investments.
🏛政策担当者:Evidence that combining subsidy reform with renewable investment yields better outcomes than isolated policies.
📄 Abstract（原文）
Purpose This study aims to assess the interactive nature and the individual components of fossil fuel subsidies and renewable energy investment on energy burden across 20 Sub-Saharan African countries. Also, the study assessed the long- and short-run effects of the interactive nature and individual components of fossil fuel subsidies and renewable energy investment on the energy burden from 2010 to 2022. Design/methodology/approach The dynamic panel two-step system, generalized method of moments, is used for this study. Findings The interactive effect, that is, the joint effect of fossil fuel subsidies and renewable energy investment, had a negative and significant relationship with energy burden. This suggests that the simultaneous increase in fossil fuel subsidies and renewable energy investment reduces energy burden in Africa. Also, the long-run effects of the combined remained negative, suggesting their combined effects decrease energy burden over time. Moreover, with the individual components, fossil fuel subsidies had a negative but insignificant relationship with energy burden, while renewable energy investment exhibited a negative and significant relationship with energy burden both in the long run and short run. Research limitations/implications This study failed to control for other macroeconomic and institutional factors, such as fiscal policy pressures, institutional regulation and energy price shocks. Originality/value The study addresses a key gap in existing literature, which largely treats fossil fuel subsidies and renewable energy investments as independent policy instruments. This study focuses on the “two-way policy” by analyzing the interactive or joint effect of fossil fuel subsidies and renewable energy investments on energy burden in Sub-Saharan Africa. Also, the study analyses the long-run and short-run interactive or joint effect of fossil fuel subsidies and renewable energy investments on energy burden.
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- crossref https://doi.org/10.1108/ijesm-11-2025-0018first seen 2026-05-14 23:29:48
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