Electricity consumption and economic growth: a time series experience for 17 African countries

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An econometric study of CO2 emissions, energy consumption, income and foreign trade in Turkey (2009, background): “Examples of this line of research include Masih and Masih (1996), Yang (2000), Wolde-Rufael (2006), Narayan and Singh (2007), and Narayan et al. (2008).”
Electricity Consumption-Economic Growth Nexus: The Ghanaian Case (2011, background): “However, results spanning from the literature on Ghana have been mixed (see Twerefo et al, 2008; Akinlo, 2008; Lee, 2005; and Wolde-Rufael, 2006).”
Electricity consumption and economic growth: Exploring panel-specific differences (2015, neutral): “As mentioned in Wolde-‐Rufael (2006), a large number of Africans still does not have access to electricity.”
Information and communication technology, electricity consumption and economic growth in OECD countries: a panel data analysis (2016, background): “Wolde-Rufael (2006) examines the causality between electricity consumption and GDP for 17 African countries over 1971-2001.”
The Dynamics of Electricity Consumption and Economic Growth:A Revisit Study of Their Causality in Pakistan (2012, background): “In Africa, Wolde-Rufael [13] found economic growth Granger causes electricity consumption in Cameroon, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, Zambia and Zimbabwe while the opposite case was found for Benin, Congo and Tunisia.”