Yacouba Kassouri
Biographic Data
| ID | 6314465 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Yacouba Kassouri |
| GIVEN NAMES | Yacouba |
| FAMILY NAME | Kassouri |
| SIGNATURE | KASSOURI Y |
| AFFILIATIONS | German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5423-8263 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 48 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2027 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Mobile internet connectivity and climate change literacy in Africa
Addressing climate change requires individual behavioral shifts and a deep understanding of its impacts, yet the role of information and communication technologies (ICT), a powerful driver of social movements and cultural shifts, in shaping climate change literacy remains underexplored. This study addresses a critical gap by exploring how ICT, particularly mobile Internet connectivity, influences climate change literacy in Africa. I provide the f…
Weather shocks and capital flight
While a growing body of literature studies the effects of weather shocks on economic activity in low-income countries, relatively little is known about their impact on cross-border capital flows. This study investigates whether weather shocks, specifically deviations in precipitation and temperature from their long-term averages, trigger capital flight from Africa. Exploiting the variation in within-country exposure to weather shocks, we find tha…
Abating income inequality with financial and institutional quality instruments in Sub-Saharan Africa region
In Africa, achieving the 10th goal of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals which mainly addresses reducing inequalities, cannot be more urgent task confronting the continent’s governing institutions. With this lingering challenge in Africa and arguably propelled by significant gap in institutional performance, this investigation is centered on further exploring the drivers of income inequality by employing a macro panel dataset coveri…
Fertilizer prices and deforestation in Africa
This study explores the impact of fertilizer (urea) prices on local deforestation by exploiting the exogenous variation in the world price of urea inclusive of trade costs from the world market to the local market. The empirical analysis relies on a unique geo-coded dataset on the market price of urea across 158 subnational hub markets in 21 African countries and satellite-derived forest loss estimates over the period 2003 – 2012. The results sug…
Towards unlocking sustainable land consumption in sub-Saharan Africa
A systematic understanding of the dynamics of land consumption is extremely important for human well-being and especially vital for the ecological balance of the sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) region. Remarkable land use/land cover changes due to climate change, urbanization, and food demand have affected the spatio-temporal dynamics of built-up land footprints (BLFs) in SSA. By using spatial econometric techniques, this study investigates the spatio-t…
Analysis of spatio-temporal drivers and convergence characteristics of urban development in Africa
Exploring the dynamics of fishing footprints in the Gulf of Guinea and Congo Basin region
A wavelet-based model of world oil shocks interaction with CO2 emissions in the US
Examining the sustainable development approach of migrants' remittances and financial development in sub‐Saharan African countries
In achieving a desirable sustainable economic growth in developing countries, the role of financial development and international migrant remittances cannot be underplayed. This study attempts to investigate the dynamic interactions between the migrant remittances and the financial sector development from a multidimensional perspective in 22 sub‐Sahara African countries using a panel vector autoregression model over the period 2004–2017. Specific…
The role of natural resources abundance and dependence in achieving environmental sustainability
Proper use and efficient management of natural resources are critical to shaping a sustainable future in many resource‐rich countries in Africa. It is also well‐known that globalization creates a great awareness for sustainable resource extraction and provides cleaner production technology transfers to underdeveloped countries and enables them to establish a sustainable development pattern. However, evidence on the role of globalization in reduci…
An assessment of the environmental sustainability corridor
The effectiveness of environmental taxes for achieving carbon abatement has been subject to important debates on the sustainable development pathway. Theoretically, it is expected that environmental taxation (ERT) can reduce carbon emissions by enhancing innovation and energy efficiency that are the main drivers of environmental sustainability. The purpose of the study is to investigate the non‐linear effects of ERT on carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emis…
The role of natural resources abundance and dependence in achieving environmental sustainability
Proper use and efficient management of natural resources are critical to shaping a sustainable future in many resource‐rich countries in Africa. It is also well‐known that globalization creates a great awareness for sustainable resource extraction and provides cleaner production technology transfers to underdeveloped countries and enables them to establish a sustainable development pattern. However, evidence on the role of globalization in reduci…
An assessment of the environmental sustainability corridor
The effectiveness of environmental taxes for achieving carbon abatement has been subject to important debates on the sustainable development pathway. Theoretically, it is expected that environmental taxation (ERT) can reduce carbon emissions by enhancing innovation and energy efficiency that are the main drivers of environmental sustainability. The purpose of the study is to investigate the non‐linear effects of ERT on carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emis…
Analysis of spatio-temporal drivers and convergence characteristics of urban development in Africa
A wavelet-based model of world oil shocks interaction with CO2 emissions in the US
Towards unlocking sustainable land consumption in sub-Saharan Africa
A systematic understanding of the dynamics of land consumption is extremely important for human well-being and especially vital for the ecological balance of the sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) region. Remarkable land use/land cover changes due to climate change, urbanization, and food demand have affected the spatio-temporal dynamics of built-up land footprints (BLFs) in SSA. By using spatial econometric techniques, this study investigates the spatio-t…
Examining the sustainable development approach of migrants' remittances and financial development in sub‐Saharan African countries
In achieving a desirable sustainable economic growth in developing countries, the role of financial development and international migrant remittances cannot be underplayed. This study attempts to investigate the dynamic interactions between the migrant remittances and the financial sector development from a multidimensional perspective in 22 sub‐Sahara African countries using a panel vector autoregression model over the period 2004–2017. Specific…
The role of natural resources abundance and dependence in achieving environmental sustainability
Proper use and efficient management of natural resources are critical to shaping a sustainable future in many resource‐rich countries in Africa. It is also well‐known that globalization creates a great awareness for sustainable resource extraction and provides cleaner production technology transfers to underdeveloped countries and enables them to establish a sustainable development pattern. However, evidence on the role of globalization in reduci…
An assessment of the environmental sustainability corridor
The effectiveness of environmental taxes for achieving carbon abatement has been subject to important debates on the sustainable development pathway. Theoretically, it is expected that environmental taxation (ERT) can reduce carbon emissions by enhancing innovation and energy efficiency that are the main drivers of environmental sustainability. The purpose of the study is to investigate the non‐linear effects of ERT on carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emis…
Exploring the dynamics of fishing footprints in the Gulf of Guinea and Congo Basin region
A wavelet-based model of world oil shocks interaction with CO2 emissions in the US
Examining the sustainable development approach of migrants' remittances and financial development in sub‐Saharan African countries
In achieving a desirable sustainable economic growth in developing countries, the role of financial development and international migrant remittances cannot be underplayed. This study attempts to investigate the dynamic interactions between the migrant remittances and the financial sector development from a multidimensional perspective in 22 sub‐Sahara African countries using a panel vector autoregression model over the period 2004–2017. Specific…
Towards unlocking sustainable land consumption in sub-Saharan Africa
A systematic understanding of the dynamics of land consumption is extremely important for human well-being and especially vital for the ecological balance of the sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) region. Remarkable land use/land cover changes due to climate change, urbanization, and food demand have affected the spatio-temporal dynamics of built-up land footprints (BLFs) in SSA. By using spatial econometric techniques, this study investigates the spatio-t…
Analysis of spatio-temporal drivers and convergence characteristics of urban development in Africa
Fertilizer prices and deforestation in Africa
This study explores the impact of fertilizer (urea) prices on local deforestation by exploiting the exogenous variation in the world price of urea inclusive of trade costs from the world market to the local market. The empirical analysis relies on a unique geo-coded dataset on the market price of urea across 158 subnational hub markets in 21 African countries and satellite-derived forest loss estimates over the period 2003 – 2012. The results sug…
Abating income inequality with financial and institutional quality instruments in Sub-Saharan Africa region
In Africa, achieving the 10th goal of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals which mainly addresses reducing inequalities, cannot be more urgent task confronting the continent’s governing institutions. With this lingering challenge in Africa and arguably propelled by significant gap in institutional performance, this investigation is centered on further exploring the drivers of income inequality by employing a macro panel dataset coveri…
Weather shocks and capital flight
While a growing body of literature studies the effects of weather shocks on economic activity in low-income countries, relatively little is known about their impact on cross-border capital flows. This study investigates whether weather shocks, specifically deviations in precipitation and temperature from their long-term averages, trigger capital flight from Africa. Exploiting the variation in within-country exposure to weather shocks, we find tha…
Mobile internet connectivity and climate change literacy in Africa
Addressing climate change requires individual behavioral shifts and a deep understanding of its impacts, yet the role of information and communication technologies (ICT), a powerful driver of social movements and cultural shifts, in shaping climate change literacy remains underexplored. This study addresses a critical gap by exploring how ICT, particularly mobile Internet connectivity, influences climate change literacy in Africa. I provide the f…
Economics (10 works) · Economic growth (6 works) · Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (6 works) · Ecology (5 works) · Natural resource economics (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Econometrics (4 works) · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Sustainable development (4 works)