Climate finance and women-hunger alleviation in the global south: Is the Sub-Saharan Africa case any different?

To unearth the influence of climate finance (CF) on women-hunger alleviation in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), the study used unbalanced panel data for 43 SSA countries for the period 2006-2018. Data was analysed using system-GMM to deal with the endogeneity problem inherent in the model, among other pan...

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Published in:PloS one 2024-02, Vol.19 (2), p.e0290274-e0290274
Main Authors: Doku, Isaac, Phiri, Andrew
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Africa South of the Sahara
Biology and Life Sciences
Climate
Earth Sciences
Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Economic aspects
Female
Government
Government finance
Health aspects
Health Services Accessibility
Humans
Hunger
Medicine and Health Sciences
People and Places
Public finance
Social Sciences
Sustainable development
Women
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Summary:To unearth the influence of climate finance (CF) on women-hunger alleviation in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), the study used unbalanced panel data for 43 SSA countries for the period 2006-2018. Data was analysed using system-GMM to deal with the endogeneity problem inherent in the model, among other panel regression estimators. Also, the sensitivity of the estimates was carried out using panel fixed effect quantile regression. The findings showed that CF and its components have a significant effect on women-hunger alleviation in SSA, apart from FDI. Further, control of corruption also showed a significant women-hunger alleviation impact. For the climate variables, areas in SSA with higher temperature are more likely to experience worsened women-hunger. Based on the findings, the study recommends that SSA countries need to strengthen their fight against corruption. More so, donors should extend CF as financial aid or support to government budget, due to their potential of alleviating women-hunger.
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0290274