Green Development and Finance in a Globalized Africa

This edited volume explores green development and financing in a post-pandemic globalized Africa. It offers a theoretical and empirical investigation of green development and finance and analyzes their implications for critical issues in governance, domestic resource mobilization and resource exploration, climate change, the green economy, the influence of foreign aid and foreign direct investment, and the financing of SMEs and related industrial initiatives. This interdisciplinary book is structured around four primary themes: contemporary African development policy and global partnership initiatives; technology and domestic resource mobilization; green economy, agricultural, industrial and service dimensions; and the future trajectory of green development, drawing on proven cases and illustrations from both the Global North and South regarding green development and finance.

Provides an in-depth look at green financing and development in post-pandemic Africa Looks at implications of green finance and development for local and regional governance Zooms in a number of specific case-studies from both the global north and south

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Vanessa T. Tang is Senior Lecturer in International Economics and policy development consultant at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Kobena T. Hanson is Founder and CEO of Innovative Insights Group based in Accra, Ghana.

Korbla P. Puplampu is Professor of Sociology at Grant MacEwan University, Canada.

Peter Arthur is Professor of Political Science and International Development at Dalhousie University, Canada.

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A timely and thought-provoking read for anyone interested in the green economy ecosystem of Africa. Denis Degterev, Principal Research Fellow, Institute for African Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences; Professor at MGIMO University, Russia.

This book explores how African countries can leverage green finance, sustainable policies, and technological innovation to advance a resilient and sustainable growth. Li Xing, Distinguished Professor, Guandong Institute for International Strategies, China, Adjunct Professor, Aalborg University, Denmark.

The volume combines rigorous empirical analyses, including econometric methods, of the complex interactions between variables reflecting policies, finance, value chain dynamics and development. Philippe De Lombaerde, Director, United Nations University Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies, Belgium.

This edited volume explores green development and financing in a post-pandemic globalized Africa. It offers a theoretical and empirical investigation of green development and finance and analyzes their implications for critical issues in governance, domestic resource mobilization and resource exploration, climate change, the green economy, the influence of foreign aid and foreign direct investment, and the financing of SMEs and related industrial initiatives. This interdisciplinary book is structured around four primary themes: contemporary African development policy and global partnership initiatives; technology and domestic resource mobilization; green economy, agricultural, industrial and service dimensions; and the future trajectory of green development, drawing on proven cases and illustrations from both the Global North and South regarding green development and finance.

Vanessa T. Tang is Senior Lecturer in International Economics and policy development consultant at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Kobena T. Hanson is Founder and CEO of Innovative Insights Group based in Accra, Ghana.

Korbla P. Puplampu is Professor of Sociology at Grant MacEwan University, Canada.

Peter Arthur is Professor of Political Science and International Development at Dalhousie University, Canada.

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Chapter 1: Mobilizing and Advancing Green Finance and Green Development in a Globalized Africa.- Chapter 2: From North-South to South-South Cooperation: China's role in renewable energy development in Africa.- Chapter 3: Green Environment and Development in Africa: Impact of China's Aid and Foreign Direct Investment.- Chapter 4: Financial Technology and Green Finance: Empirical Evidence from Emerging Economies.- Chapter 5: Domestic Resource Mobilization and Inclusive Green Growth in BRICS countries.- Chapter 6: Global Value Chains Embeddedness and Technological Innovation: Green and General Innovations in BRICS+ Countries.- Chapter 7: The Effect of Green Micro Finance on the Sustainability of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises in Ghana.- Chapter 8: Sovereign Wealth Funds as Vehicles for Green Development and Finance: An Exploratory Study in the African Context.- Chapter 9: Green Practices and Performance Across African Firms.- Chapter 10: Agriculture and the Green Agenda: An Analysis of Productivity and Sustainability in Africa.- Chapter 11: Green Industrial Policy in Africa: Emerging Issues and Opportunities.- Chapter 12: Towards Natural Resource Management Policies to Promote the Transition to a Green Economy in Africa.- Chapter 13: Governance, Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility: Are they the Answers to Green Development in Africa?.- Chapter 14: Military Green Technologies and the Scope for Alignment in Africa.- Chapter 15: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Green Development and Finance in Africa: Beyond Policies and Institutions.