Abdulrahman Alomair
Biographic Data
| ID | 4685615 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Abdulrahman Alomair |
| GIVEN NAMES | Abdulrahman |
| FAMILY NAME | Alomair |
| SIGNATURE | ALOMAIR A |
| AFFILIATIONS | King Faisal University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7493-7822 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 21 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2027 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Women Empowerment and Environmental Sustainability in Africa
Governing the Green Transition
The global race to decarbonize will be won or lost not by technology alone, but by the strength of governance that directs it. While renewable energy has been widely promoted as a pathway to sustainable development, its effectiveness depends heavily on the institutional environment in which transitions unfold. This study examines how governance quality connects renewable energy adoption to multidimensional sustainability—spanning economic, social…
Why Can't Africa's Resource Wealth Secure Water, Energy, and Food? The Critical Role of Inequality in the WEF Nexus
The water–energy–food (WEF) nexus is central to sustainable development, yet many resource‐rich African countries continue to experience persistent shortfalls in access to these essential services. The challenge lies not in resource scarcity, but in how natural resource wealth is governed and distributed. This study examines how dependence on resource rents and income inequality jointly shape WEF performance in Africa. Using panel data for 30 Afr…
The impact of social media influencers on investor judgments and financial investment decisions
The role of social media influencers (SMIs) in shaping investment decisions has attracted increasing attention on the digital edge, but remains underexplored among individual investors in emerging markets. To fill the gap, this study examines the impact of SMIs on investment decisions in the Pakistan stock market, employing the Uses and Gratifications Theory (UGT) as the theoretical framework. It further investigates the mediating roles of conven…
Circularity leakage in African value chains
Circular economy (CE) policies in advanced economies are increasingly promoted as pathways for reducing material extraction, waste generation and carbon emissions. However, their transboundary implications for regions embedded downstream in global production networks remain poorly understood. This study examines whether CE policy intensity in advanced economies generates circularity leakage into Africa – defined as CE-induced increases in embodie…
Mitigating sustainability uncertainty in the United States
Uncertainty regarding sustainability has become a central challenge for advanced economies, eroding policy credibility, discouraging long-term investment, and heightening systemic risk. The United States illustrates this contradiction: it leads globally in technological innovation but remains heavily dependent on fossil fuels and constrained by decentralized governance. This study provides the first empirical assessment of U.S. sustainability unc…
The moderating effect of corporate governance reforms on the relationship between audit committee chair attributes and ESG disclosures
This study examines the impact of audit committee chair attributes on Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) disclosures, focusing on the moderating role of corporate governance reforms in an emerging market, specifically Saudi Arabia. Using a sample of 243 firm-year observations from 2014 to 2023, the study employs a fixed effects regression model to analyze the relationship between the quality of ESG disclosures and the independence, exper…
How Do Policy, Energy, and Geopolitical Risks Shape Sustainable Development Uncertainty in OECD Economies
Heightened volatility in economic policy, energy markets, and geopolitical relations has intensified concerns about the predictability of sustainable development trajectories in advanced economies. Such uncertainty complicates environmental planning, distorts long‐term investment decisions, and challenges governments' ability to sustain progress toward sustainability objectives. However, the extent to which different sources of uncertainty shape …
Finance for Whom? Exploring the Conditional Impacts of Financial Inclusion on Economic, Social, and Environmental Sustainability in the Global South
Financial inclusion (FI) has been championed by international institutions as a cornerstone for achieving the sustainable development goals (SDGs), yet its impacts on sustainability remain unsettled. This paper investigates the conditional effects of FI on the three pillars of sustainable development—economic sustainability (ECS), social sustainability (SOS), and environmental sustainability (EVS)—in 50 Global South countries from 2000 to 2023. B…
Governance matters
Educating for a green future
A scientometric analysis on blockchain and NFTs
This study provides a comprehensive contribution to the current understanding of blockchain technology and non-fungible token (NFTs). Blockchain technology is a revolutionary data storage and management tool that records data shared across a network of computers globally, making it safe, transparent, and decentralized. Non-fungible token is a specific type of token built on a blockchain, enabling the authentication of digital assets and safeguard…
Knowledge management and sustainable innovation for green finance
This study investigates the relationship among digital sustainability, knowledge management capacity, and green finance in Asian countries during the period spanning 2007 to 2023. Previous research has explored the role of digital transformation in promoting sustainability; these studies are predominantly firm-level and lack insight into how macro-level knowledge infrastructure enables or constrains digital technologies in advancing green finance…
The nexus of financial socialization, financial literacy, financial capability and financial well-being
There is a dearth of studies on local women’s financial well-being in the mainstream financial literature. Therefore, understanding women’s financial socialization and its relationship with their financial well-being is more vital than ever. Women’s financial well-being can foster independence, develop access to basic resources, and help overcome gender inequalities. The current study aims to understand how financial socialization, financial auto…
Demystifying the influence of board gender diversity on the nexus between ESG performance and carbon emissions
This study examines the influence of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) performance on corporate carbon emissions, specifically the moderating effect of board gender diversity. Utilizing panel data of 46 companies listed on the Saudi Stock Exchange during 2018–2022, the study uses a two-step system GMM to deal with endogeneity and unobserved heterogeneity. The results show that better ESG performance is significantly related to less carb…
Energy poverty, air quality, and health expenditures in Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) faces a triple development burden – energy poverty, environmental degradation, and rising health expenditures – that threatens progress across the core dimensions of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This study investigates how energy poverty and air pollution are associated with health, economic, and social outcomes in 45 SSA countries from 2000 to 2023. Specifically, it models out-of-pocket health expenditure (S…
Broken Systems, Stolen Futures
Africa's vast wealth in people and resources contrasts starkly with persistent poverty, inequality, and ecological stress. This paradox of “abundance amidst deprivation” stems not from resource scarcity but from broken systems—corruption, weak governance, and accountability failures that undermine sustainable development. This study investigates how these institutional failures obstruct sustainability across 48 sub‐Saharan African (SSA) countries…
Schooling for Sustainability
SDG progress falters when education is treated as a monolith; aligning each schooling rung with its strongest payoff is vital to balance growth, equity, and climate action. We examine how primary, secondary, and tertiary education relate to economic (GDP per capita), social (Gini index), and environmental (CO 2 per capita) outcomes in 60 developing countries, 1996–2022. We estimate short‐ and long‐run effects with CS‐ARDL, accounting for common s…
Extractive Wealth, Governance, and Sustainable Development in Africa
Why do resource‐rich African countries struggle to achieve inclusive and sustainable development despite decades of extractive wealth? This study revisits the resource curse hypothesis through the lens of institutional mediation and SDG‐aligned outcomes, focusing on 10 of Africa's most resource‐dependent economies between 1996 and 2022. Employing a mixed‐method econometric strategy—Common Correlated Effects Mean Group for baseline analysis, Cross…
Fossil Fuels, Clean Cooking Energy, and Health Inequality in Sub‐Saharan Africa
This study investigates the asymmetric health impacts of fossil fuel dependence in Sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA) using the method of moments quantile regression (MMQR), Driscoll–Kraay robustness checks, and interaction models with clean cooking energy (CCE). Unlike conventional analyses focused on mortality, we examine chronic outcomes—respiratory illness, disability, and out‐of‐pocket health expenditure—across 48 SSA countries from 1990 to 2022. Resu…
Do cultural values matter? The role of national cultural dimensions in shaping female entrepreneurship in Asean
Governance matters
Fossil Fuels, Clean Cooking Energy, and Health Inequality in Sub‐Saharan Africa
This study investigates the asymmetric health impacts of fossil fuel dependence in Sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA) using the method of moments quantile regression (MMQR), Driscoll–Kraay robustness checks, and interaction models with clean cooking energy (CCE). Unlike conventional analyses focused on mortality, we examine chronic outcomes—respiratory illness, disability, and out‐of‐pocket health expenditure—across 48 SSA countries from 1990 to 2022. Resu…
A scientometric analysis on blockchain and NFTs
This study provides a comprehensive contribution to the current understanding of blockchain technology and non-fungible token (NFTs). Blockchain technology is a revolutionary data storage and management tool that records data shared across a network of computers globally, making it safe, transparent, and decentralized. Non-fungible token is a specific type of token built on a blockchain, enabling the authentication of digital assets and safeguard…
Knowledge management and sustainable innovation for green finance
This study investigates the relationship among digital sustainability, knowledge management capacity, and green finance in Asian countries during the period spanning 2007 to 2023. Previous research has explored the role of digital transformation in promoting sustainability; these studies are predominantly firm-level and lack insight into how macro-level knowledge infrastructure enables or constrains digital technologies in advancing green finance…
The nexus of financial socialization, financial literacy, financial capability and financial well-being
There is a dearth of studies on local women’s financial well-being in the mainstream financial literature. Therefore, understanding women’s financial socialization and its relationship with their financial well-being is more vital than ever. Women’s financial well-being can foster independence, develop access to basic resources, and help overcome gender inequalities. The current study aims to understand how financial socialization, financial auto…
Demystifying the influence of board gender diversity on the nexus between ESG performance and carbon emissions
This study examines the influence of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) performance on corporate carbon emissions, specifically the moderating effect of board gender diversity. Utilizing panel data of 46 companies listed on the Saudi Stock Exchange during 2018–2022, the study uses a two-step system GMM to deal with endogeneity and unobserved heterogeneity. The results show that better ESG performance is significantly related to less carb…
Energy poverty, air quality, and health expenditures in Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) faces a triple development burden – energy poverty, environmental degradation, and rising health expenditures – that threatens progress across the core dimensions of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This study investigates how energy poverty and air pollution are associated with health, economic, and social outcomes in 45 SSA countries from 2000 to 2023. Specifically, it models out-of-pocket health expenditure (S…
Broken Systems, Stolen Futures
Africa's vast wealth in people and resources contrasts starkly with persistent poverty, inequality, and ecological stress. This paradox of “abundance amidst deprivation” stems not from resource scarcity but from broken systems—corruption, weak governance, and accountability failures that undermine sustainable development. This study investigates how these institutional failures obstruct sustainability across 48 sub‐Saharan African (SSA) countries…
Schooling for Sustainability
SDG progress falters when education is treated as a monolith; aligning each schooling rung with its strongest payoff is vital to balance growth, equity, and climate action. We examine how primary, secondary, and tertiary education relate to economic (GDP per capita), social (Gini index), and environmental (CO 2 per capita) outcomes in 60 developing countries, 1996–2022. We estimate short‐ and long‐run effects with CS‐ARDL, accounting for common s…
Extractive Wealth, Governance, and Sustainable Development in Africa
Why do resource‐rich African countries struggle to achieve inclusive and sustainable development despite decades of extractive wealth? This study revisits the resource curse hypothesis through the lens of institutional mediation and SDG‐aligned outcomes, focusing on 10 of Africa's most resource‐dependent economies between 1996 and 2022. Employing a mixed‐method econometric strategy—Common Correlated Effects Mean Group for baseline analysis, Cross…
Fossil Fuels, Clean Cooking Energy, and Health Inequality in Sub‐Saharan Africa
This study investigates the asymmetric health impacts of fossil fuel dependence in Sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA) using the method of moments quantile regression (MMQR), Driscoll–Kraay robustness checks, and interaction models with clean cooking energy (CCE). Unlike conventional analyses focused on mortality, we examine chronic outcomes—respiratory illness, disability, and out‐of‐pocket health expenditure—across 48 SSA countries from 1990 to 2022. Resu…
Do cultural values matter? The role of national cultural dimensions in shaping female entrepreneurship in Asean
Governing the Green Transition
The global race to decarbonize will be won or lost not by technology alone, but by the strength of governance that directs it. While renewable energy has been widely promoted as a pathway to sustainable development, its effectiveness depends heavily on the institutional environment in which transitions unfold. This study examines how governance quality connects renewable energy adoption to multidimensional sustainability—spanning economic, social…
Why Can't Africa's Resource Wealth Secure Water, Energy, and Food? The Critical Role of Inequality in the WEF Nexus
The water–energy–food (WEF) nexus is central to sustainable development, yet many resource‐rich African countries continue to experience persistent shortfalls in access to these essential services. The challenge lies not in resource scarcity, but in how natural resource wealth is governed and distributed. This study examines how dependence on resource rents and income inequality jointly shape WEF performance in Africa. Using panel data for 30 Afr…
The impact of social media influencers on investor judgments and financial investment decisions
The role of social media influencers (SMIs) in shaping investment decisions has attracted increasing attention on the digital edge, but remains underexplored among individual investors in emerging markets. To fill the gap, this study examines the impact of SMIs on investment decisions in the Pakistan stock market, employing the Uses and Gratifications Theory (UGT) as the theoretical framework. It further investigates the mediating roles of conven…
Circularity leakage in African value chains
Circular economy (CE) policies in advanced economies are increasingly promoted as pathways for reducing material extraction, waste generation and carbon emissions. However, their transboundary implications for regions embedded downstream in global production networks remain poorly understood. This study examines whether CE policy intensity in advanced economies generates circularity leakage into Africa – defined as CE-induced increases in embodie…
Mitigating sustainability uncertainty in the United States
Uncertainty regarding sustainability has become a central challenge for advanced economies, eroding policy credibility, discouraging long-term investment, and heightening systemic risk. The United States illustrates this contradiction: it leads globally in technological innovation but remains heavily dependent on fossil fuels and constrained by decentralized governance. This study provides the first empirical assessment of U.S. sustainability unc…
The moderating effect of corporate governance reforms on the relationship between audit committee chair attributes and ESG disclosures
This study examines the impact of audit committee chair attributes on Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) disclosures, focusing on the moderating role of corporate governance reforms in an emerging market, specifically Saudi Arabia. Using a sample of 243 firm-year observations from 2014 to 2023, the study employs a fixed effects regression model to analyze the relationship between the quality of ESG disclosures and the independence, exper…
How Do Policy, Energy, and Geopolitical Risks Shape Sustainable Development Uncertainty in OECD Economies
Heightened volatility in economic policy, energy markets, and geopolitical relations has intensified concerns about the predictability of sustainable development trajectories in advanced economies. Such uncertainty complicates environmental planning, distorts long‐term investment decisions, and challenges governments' ability to sustain progress toward sustainability objectives. However, the extent to which different sources of uncertainty shape …
Finance for Whom? Exploring the Conditional Impacts of Financial Inclusion on Economic, Social, and Environmental Sustainability in the Global South
Financial inclusion (FI) has been championed by international institutions as a cornerstone for achieving the sustainable development goals (SDGs), yet its impacts on sustainability remain unsettled. This paper investigates the conditional effects of FI on the three pillars of sustainable development—economic sustainability (ECS), social sustainability (SOS), and environmental sustainability (EVS)—in 50 Global South countries from 2000 to 2023. B…
Governance matters
Educating for a green future
Women Empowerment and Environmental Sustainability in Africa
Sustainability (10 works) · Corporate governance (9 works) · Economic Growth and Development (9 works) · Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (9 works) · Sustainable development (9 works) · Panel data (5 works) · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (4 works) · Corruption and Economic Development (3 works) · Endogeneity (3 works) · Inequality (3 works)