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Aug, 2021;28 (30): 41000-41015.

Achieving pro-poor growth and environmental sustainability agenda through information technologies: as right as rain.

Muhammad Imran, Khan Burhan Khan, Khalid Zaman, Mohammed Borhandden Musah, Elih Sudiapermana, Abdul Rashid Abdul Aziz, Rahimah Embong, Zainudin Bin Hassan, Mohd Khata Jabor, Siti Nisrin Mohd Anis
Author Information
  1. Muhammad Imran: Department of Economics, University of Wah, Quaid Avenue, Wah Cantt, Pakistan.
  2. Khan Burhan Khan: Department of International Business and Marketing (IB&M), NUST Business School, National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad, 44000, Pakistan.
  3. Khalid Zaman: Department of Economics, University of Haripur, Haripur Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. khalid_zaman786@yahoo.com.
  4. Mohammed Borhandden Musah: Department of Education Studies, Bahrain Teachers College, University of Bahrain, P. O. Box 32038, Sakheer, Kingdom of Bahrain.
  5. Elih Sudiapermana: Department of Community Education, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, Bandung, Jawa Barat, 40154, Indonesia.
  6. Abdul Rashid Abdul Aziz: Faculty of Leadership and Management, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, 71800, Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia.
  7. Rahimah Embong: Faculty of Islamic Contemporary Studies, Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin, Terengganu, Malaysia.
  8. Zainudin Bin Hassan: Faculty of Social Sciences & Humanities, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), 81310, Skudai, Johor, Malaysia.
  9. Mohd Khata Jabor: Faculty of Social Sciences & Humanities, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), 81310, Skudai, Johor, Malaysia.
  10. Siti Nisrin Mohd Anis: Faculty of Social Sciences & Humanities, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), 81310, Skudai, Johor, Malaysia.
PMID: 33774795 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-021-13630-1

Abstract

The pro-poor growth and environmental sustainability are the twin agendas widely discussed in environmental science literature. The technology-embodied growth helps to attain both agendas through knowledge sharing and technology transfer, which trickle down to the poor income group and improve their living standards. Hence, the role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) is deemed crucial in boosting economic growth and is under deep consideration to establish its role in reducing poverty and environmental pollution. The current study examines the long-run relationship between ICTs, poverty reduction, and ecological degradation in Pakistan using time series data from 1975-2018. The short- and long-run parameter estimates were obtained through the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model for robust inferences. The results substantiate the inverted U-shaped Environmental Kuznets Curve relationship between income and emissions with a turning point at US$1000 in the short-run and US$800 in the long-run. The results confirmed the decisive intervention of ICTs factors in the poverty reduction, i.e., computer communications and mobile-telephone-broadband subscriptions support to reduce poverty incidence with the mediation of inbound FDI in a country. As far as income inequality is concerned, it shows that computer services support minimizing income inequality via a channel of high-technology exports in a country. The technology embodied emissions verified in the long-run, where mobile-telephone-broadband subscriptions increase carbon emissions. Finally, mobile-telephone-broadband subscriptions and inbound FDI both are significant contributors to amplify the country's economic growth. The results conclude that poverty reduction and environmental sustainability agenda are achieved by developing green ICT infrastructure in a country.

Keywords

ARDL bounds estimator Carbon emissions Economic growth ICTs Income inequality Pakistan Poverty reduction

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Carbon Dioxide
Economic Development
Environmental Pollution
Information Technology
Rain

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