Environmental Pollution Policy of Small Businesses in Nigeria and Ghana: Extent and Impact

Uchenna Efobi, Tanankem Belmondo (), Emmanuel Orkoh, Scholastica Atata (), Opeyemi Akinyemi () and Ibukun Beecroft
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Tanankem Belmondo: MINEPAT, Yaoundé, Cameroon
Scholastica Atata: Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta Nigeri
Opeyemi Akinyemi: Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria

No 18/050, Research Africa Network Working Papers from Research Africa Network (RAN)

Abstract: This study provides a comprehensive assessment of firms’ operation and environmental protection polices in Nigeria and Ghana, where there has been a rising industrial growth amidst low regulatory and institutional frameworks. We analyze the extents to which firms’ adoption of environmental protection policies affect their performances. We use firm-level data of 842 firms (447 for Nigeria and 395 for Ghana) distributed across different regions of both countries for our descriptive and econometric estimations. We find, among other things, that firms’ adoption of internal policies on environmental protection is dismally low in both Nigeria (32 percent) and Ghana (17 percent), with policies focused on reducing solid (38 percent, Nigeria; and 35 percent, Ghana), gaseous (22 percent, Nigeria; and 44 percent, Ghana), and liquid (24 percent, Nigeria; and 14 percent, Ghana) pollution. Training appears to be an important intervention that can help improve firms’ adoption of such policies. We also found that firms’ adoption and implementation of environmental protection policies significantly improve their performance.

Keywords: Environment; Green Industrialization; Performance; Pollution; Small Businesses; West Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H32 L25 Q52 Q53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 34
Date: 2018-01
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Forthcoming: Environmental Science and Pollution Research

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