Digitalisation et transition énergétique dans la région MENA : quelles dynamiques ?

Mohamed IDALFAHIM; Rachid EL BETTIOUI; Saad ELOUARDIRHI

doi:10.23882/ijdam.25244

Auteurs

Mohamed IDALFAHIM FSJES - Souissi, Université Mohammed V de Rabat, Maroc https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7359-1265
Rachid EL BETTIOUI Université Ibn Zohr, Agadir, Maroc https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0251-9426
Saad ELOUARDIRHI FSJES, Souissi, Université Mohammed V de Rabat, Maroc https://orcid.org/0009-0000-5962-8482

DOI :

https://doi.org/10.23882/ijdam.25244

Mots-clés :

Digitalisation, Effets fixes, MENA, Panel, Transition énergétique

Résumé

Cette étude examine l’effet de la digitalisation sur la transition énergétique dans 18 pays de la région MENA sur la période 2000-2023, ce qui constitue un panel de 432 observations (N = 18, T = 24). Nous construisons un indice composite de digitalisation à partir des abonnements mobiles, de la pénétration d’Internet et des abonnements au haut débit fixe, puis estimons des modèles de panel à effets fixes deux voies avec erreurs-types de Driscoll--Kraay ; des effets aléatoires et un test de Hausman sont mobilisés en robustesse. Les résultats montrent qu’une intensification de la digitalisation est associée, toutes choses égales par ailleurs, à une hausse statistiquement significative de la part des énergies renouvelables dans la consommation finale.

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