Table 1 Search filters and results
Search map | Keywords | Focus area | Other results/rationales | No. of publications |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Step 2: Basic scan of the Web of Science Core Collection | Foreign, direct investment, and Africa | – | – | 584 |
Step 3: Calibration | Central Africa, West Africa, Covid, policy, sustainability, sustainable, technology transfer, knowledge transfer, emission, social responsibility and justice | Sustainability and policy | Language English; only articles | 93 |
Steps 4 and 5: Investigation of the title, abstract and text | Sustainability and policy | West and Central Africa | Exclusion of conceptual works and narrative literature reviews | 53 |
Grouping 1: "Sustain" | Sustainability, sustaining, renewable energy, emission, environment, and pollution | West and Central Africa | – | 32 |
Grouping 2: "Others" | – | West and Central Africa | Remaining articles after Grouping 1 | 21 |