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Stress on ecological resources affects the sustainability of the socio-ecological system (SES). Interconnections
within SES are involved. Therefore, this study considered indicators that are composite of the interconnections to
estimate SES efficiency. We employed the non-parametric benchmarking order-α model, from Data Envelopment
Analysis (DEA), to estimate SES efficiency and alleviate possible intricacies. We evaluated twenty-four Sub Saharan African (SSA) nations observed from 2000 to 2014. More than half of them were inefficient. An increase
in food production and environmental performance is essential for SES efficiency improvement. Quantile
regression found that human development (through the lifespan, education, and standard of living) is related to
the SES efficiency improvement. The SES efficiency is likely negatively associated with higher values of both
female proletariat and carbon emissions. Policymakers should increase the concerted efforts of empowering
human capacity and minimize the gender gap within SSA countries to become efficient and fulfill sustainable
development goals.
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Keywords
Socio-Ecological systems Sub-Saharan Africa Sustainable Development Goals Data Envelopment Analysis Two-stage Analysis
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Citation
Mustapha D. Ibrahim, Andrew A. Alola, Diogo Cunha Ferreira, A two-stage data envelopment analysis of efficiency of social-ecological systems: Inference from the sub-Saharan African countries, Ecological Indicators, Volume 123, 2021, 107381, ISSN 1470-160X, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.107381. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X21000467)
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Elsevier