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Determinants of Per Capita Alcohol Consumption in Africa: A Cross-section Approach

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  • Grynberg, Roman

    (University of Namibia)

  • Kandaswamy, Vijayakumar

    (University of Namibia)

  • Singogo, Fwasa K

    (Lusaka Zambia)

  • Kumonika, Lukas

    (Namibian Statistical Agency)

Abstract

This paper examines the economic, social and cultural factors that determine the per capita alcohol consumption in Africa. Empirical studies on alcohol consumption are very few, despite its negative social effects—especially of excessive alcohol consumption—on health and social behaviour, for example, gender-based violence. Some governments in Africa—e.g., South Africa and Namibia— responded to the Covid-19 pandemic by banning the purchase of alcohol, even for consumption in private residences, as an initial response to the pandemic. This was the motivation for this study: an attempt to understand the factors that determine the consumption of alcohol as excessive drinking of alcohol has sometimes been frowned upon even at the highest levels of government.1 This paper takes both a descriptive and formal analytical approach to the question of the levels of alcohol consumption on the continent, making use of the World Health Organization (WHO) database on alcohol, which is discussed in the section on data.

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  • Grynberg, Roman & Kandaswamy, Vijayakumar & Singogo, Fwasa K & Kumonika, Lukas, 2022. "Determinants of Per Capita Alcohol Consumption in Africa: A Cross-section Approach," Tanzanian Economic Review, Department of Economics, University of Dar es Salaam, vol. 12(2), pages 57-80, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:ris:tanzer:0010
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    Keywords

    Africa; alcohol; alcohol consumption per capita;
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    JEL classification:

    • E20 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - General (includes Measurement and Data)

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