Analysis of energy poverty and its implications for sustainable development in Nigeria

This study estimates and analyzes the incidence and determinants of energy poverty in Nigeria based on a simple multidimensional energy poverty index that it constructed. It also highlights the implications of energy poverty for sustainable development in Nigeria. The headcount ratio and the logisti...

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Published in:Environment and development economics 2016-06, Vol.21 (3), p.273-290
Main Authors: Ogwumike, Fidelis O., Ozughalu, Uche M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alternative energy sources
Capital assets
Climate change
Cooking
Data
Determinants
Disposable income
Economic development
Economic factors
Economic growth
Economic models
Economic statistics
Economic theory
Energy
Energy consumption
Energy development
Energy economics
Energy industry
Energy poverty
Energy resources
Estimates
Households
Kerosene
Logistics
Poverty
Regression
Regression analysis
Residence
Residential energy
Sexes
Standard of living
Statistical analysis
Statistics
Studies
Sustainability
Sustainable development
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Summary:This study estimates and analyzes the incidence and determinants of energy poverty in Nigeria based on a simple multidimensional energy poverty index that it constructed. It also highlights the implications of energy poverty for sustainable development in Nigeria. The headcount ratio and the logistic regression technique are used. The study utilizes the Nigeria Living Standard Survey data set of 2004, obtained from the National Bureau of Statistics. The estimates show that energy poverty is pervasive in the country; it afflicts over 75 per cent of the population. The determinants of energy poverty in Nigeria include household size; educational level, gender and age of household head; general poverty; region of residence; and proportion of working members in the household. Efforts should be made to adequately tackle the problem of energy poverty in Nigeria. This is a major way to put the country on the path to rapid and sustainable development.
ISSN:1355-770X
1469-4395
DOI:10.1017/S1355770X15000236