期刊
TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE
卷 164, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2020.120521
关键词
Energy efficiency; Technological innovation; Sustainable Development Goals; Fisher Ideal Index; Lilien Index
资金
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of Chongqing University [2017CDJSK01XK18, 2019CDQYGG022]
The study focused on the relationship between energy efficiency and innovation in Middle East and North African (MENA) countries from 1990 to 2016. Results indicated that technological innovation has a positive impact on energy efficiency, while growth in the shadow economy has a detrimental effect. The structural transformation of the economy was found to have a positive impact on energy efficiency.
Despite the ongoing research on energy efficiency and innovation in the context of Industry 4.0, little is known on how degree of leakages in economy can impact the energy efficiency-innovation association. This issue has been addressed by the United Nations in their Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) report also. In the era of Industry 4.0, this issue can be crucial from the perspective of sustainable development, and we are analyzing this issue in case of Middle East and North African (MENA) countries over a period of 1990-2016. The second-generation methodological approaches have been adopted. Our results show that technological innovation has a positive impact on energy efficiency, whereas growth in shadow economy has a detrimental impact on energy efficiency. The structural transformation of economy has positive impact on energy efficiency. Based on our results, we have designed an SDG framework, which might help the MENA countries to achieve the objectives of SDG 7, SDG 8, SDG 9, and SDG 4.
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