Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/298238 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
AGDI Working Paper No. WP/23/045
Publisher: 
African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI), Yaoundé
Abstract: 
This study empirically examines the effect of sustainable urbanization on vulnerability to climate change over a sample of 52 African countries from 1996 to 2019. We use the two-stage system generalized method of moments (GMM) empirical strategy and mediation analysis to assess direct and indirect impacts, respectively. The results of the direct analysis reveal that sustainable urbanization reduces vulnerability to climate change. The results of the indirect analysis also show that sustainable urbanization significantly reduces vulnerability to climate change through the channels of digitalization and institutional quality. The results also highlight that considering the direct effect of sustainable urbanization alone underestimates the impact of reducing vulnerability to climate change. The results are robust to an alternative indicator of vulnerability to climate and other estimation techniques. These results have important policy implications and provide evidence for the improvement of sustainable urbanization in terms of access to basic services or reduction of vulnerability to climate change.
Subjects: 
Sustainable urbanization
Vulnerability to climate change
Digitalization
Institutional quality
Africa
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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