Does electricity demobilize citizens? Exploring access to the grid, political participation and democracy in Africa

Brass, Jennifer N.; Harris, Kirk; MacLean, Lauren M.

doi:10.1016/j.erss.2021.102256

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“…According to sustainability in the debate, Ogundipe et al (2018) found electricity access to shrink environmental degradation in SSA economies, using a systems GMM method; one that overpowers endogeneity issues inherent in most examinations of macroeconomic data. Likewise, the help of a mixed method approach enhanced Brass and Harris (2021) to report a negative effect of electricity access on political participation in 36 African nations. Also, Candelise et al (2021) employed a multi-step estimation technique to show a positive effect of electricity access on food security in 54 developing nations.…”

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Electricity access, demographic transition and sustainable growth in frontier economies

Ayinde

Adeyemi

Fatai³

2022

OPEC Energy Review

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Electricity is one of the components of energy composition. In fact, it is a secondary source of energy as it is convertible to other sources of energy for the use of industry and homes and for nuclear powers. Access to electricity is a sine-quanon to industrial revolution all over the world. It is a precondition to the massive industrialisation progress witnessed by the Asian Tigers and evidence is not in doubt about any individual country or regional bloc that desire to replicate this development success stories, following the same route. These tremendous industrialisation achievements drastically reduced poverty, in these countries and specifically, in South Korea to an appreciable level of 4.6 per cent in 1984 from 40.9 per cent in 1965. This indicates that industrialisation of the Asian Tigers was growth enhancing and poverty reducing; altogether culminating into the development experienced today by those Asian countries. Interestingly, population grew moderately in these countries during the period of industrial revolution and for all periods. Precisely, the population growth rates of Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan were 0.82, 0.79, 0.09 and 0.18, respectively. Put together, the population growth rate for these countries was less than 2.0 per cent. However, the proponents of the population dividend, without prejudice to the population burden thesis, presuppose that population growth is not a problem for development, provided it is qualitative enough to contributive to the development process.

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Electricity access, demographic transition and sustainable growth in frontier economies

Ayinde

Adeyemi

Fatai³

2022

OPEC Energy Review

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“…Meanwhile, this paper will also focus on the advantages of the binomial search tree algorithm in dealing with highdimensional data. In the study of citizens' online political participation, it is often necessary to consider numerous factors at the same time, such as the users' social relations, interaction frequency, and speech content (Brass et al, 2021). Traditional statistical methods may need more complexity and computational burden due to the high dimensionality of the data.…”

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Survey and Analysis of Citizen Network Political Participation Based on Binary Search Tree Algorithm

2024

ICST Transactions on Scalable Information Systems

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NTRODUCTION: In the digital age, citizens' online political engagement is crucial for the development and stability of society.OBJECTIVES: To gain insights into and address the challenges facing political engagement today, where effectively assessing and promoting citizen participation in the context of the information explosion and the popularization of social media has become a pressing issue.METHODS: Using the binomial search tree algorithm, which was introduced to analyze and predict citizens' political behaviors in the online environment, able to dig deeper into citizens' concerns, opinions, and interaction patterns on political topics by collecting large-scale online data and applying it to the binomial search tree algorithm.RESULTS: The binary search tree algorithm is able to efficiently and accurately reveal the complex features of citizens' online political engagement.CONCLUSION: The binomial search tree algorithm is more advantageous than traditional methods, providing deeper insights for government policymakers and social scientists, and this study is essential for advancing the understanding and enhancement of citizens' online political engagement.

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Filipino Youth in Viral and Virulent Times: Unpacking the Predictors of Youth Political Participation in the 2022 Philippine Elections

Ladia,

Panao

2023

Child & Youth Services

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Does electricity demobilize citizens? Exploring access to the grid, political participation and democracy in Africa

Cited by 3 publications

References 55 publications

Electricity access, demographic transition and sustainable growth in frontier economies

Electricity access, demographic transition and sustainable growth in frontier economies

Survey and Analysis of Citizen Network Political Participation Based on Binary Search Tree Algorithm

Filipino Youth in Viral and Virulent Times: Unpacking the Predictors of Youth Political Participation in the 2022 Philippine Elections

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