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Economic progress is a key focus of any government due to it spill-over effect to any economy that required growth. Resources can be viewed has been positive or negative factors in stimulating economic growth. Currently, it has been proven that nations can diversify their economy rather than basing it on human capital and capital formation. Hence, this study examines resource dependence and growth nexus for Sub-Sahara Africa (SSA) countries. The study employed panel regression method and the data set span over 1996-2021 around the SSA. The study found that the human capital variable, secondary school enrolment rate has a positive impact on per capita income. Education is a key determinant of human capital development in any country. SSA countries need to as a matter of urgency look at investments in education in the sub-region. Beyond that, measures need to be put in place to monitor the disbursement of such investments in order to ensure that it serves the purpose of growth. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper examines the nexus amid renewable energy, non-renewable energy consumption, CO2 emissions and economic growth in South Africa. VECM and Granger causality approach were employed in the paper. Empirical result suggested that carbon emissions granger cause GDPC uni-directionally. Essentially, From the various empirical estimation, it is discovered that CO2 has a positive impact on GDPC in the study. This shows that disregarding the ecological contamination cause by CO2 that animate the GDPC, which make it challenging for severe measure by government to control fossil fuel byproduct cause by non-environmentally friendly power in the framework. REN shows causality with GDPC in one direction, and that implies REN accessibility move with growth in GDPC. Since the review assessment results likewise exhibit that CO2 has a causality with economic growth in SA. The public authority needs to intiate severe guideline with respect to weighty fossil fuel byproduct innovation this would empower the turn of events and execution of more powerful and low-carbon innovation across all enterprises, eventually advancing economic growth in SA. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Foreign direct investment (FDI) has been a significant source of capital needed for manufacturing firm performance in most nations for many years. FDI introduces cutting-edge technological transfer, enhances production methods, boosts competitiveness, and maximizes capacity utilization, resulting in increased output for the manufacturing sector. This study evaluates the impacts of FDI on manufacturing sector's performance in Nigeria. Data were collected, and an autoregressive distributed lags model is employed to analysis the data. The results demonstrated that FDI enhances manufacturing sector performance and that macroeconomic factors have a favorable impact on FDI. A long-run relationship exists between FDI and manufacturing capacity utilization. The relationship between FDI and the performance of the manufacturing sector follows the bidirectional Granger causality. The study recommends that the government to take action to promote trade openness in order to draw in more FDI. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Labor force participation rate is a strong issue that affect the performance of any economy including South Africa. Sequel to this, this paper accesses the link amid access to electricity consumption and labor force participation rate of male (LFPRM) in South Africa. Using yearly data from 1991-2020. The study employed ARDL technique to evaluate the data. The findings of the study shows that access to electricity consumption (AEC) positively stimulate labor force participation rate of male in the long run while gross domestic product per capita growth impacted negatively on LFPRM in the short-run. The paper recommends that government should ensure that access to electricity consumption is improved and efficient in South Africa in order to boost LFPRM. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]