Growth and environment literature has gained much attention in recent times. However, the emphasis was laid on the conventional economic growth or gross domestic product at the expense of the category of growth that is evenly shared and whose social benefits are far reaching than just an increase in the overall economic pie. It is on this note that the present paper looks at the type of relationship between growth and environment with particular emphasis on growth that is all inclusive. Data are sourced from World Governance and Development Indicators (WGI and WDI) and an index of inclusive growth constructed using principal component analysis (PCA). The findings indicate that institutional quality plays a major role in enhancing growth-environmental sustainability. The results further find a new phenomenon called environmental inclusive-growth Kuznets curve (EIKC) and added to the EKC debate. That is, at the early phase of inclusive growth, environmental degradation rises as well but environmental quality improves with the rise in inclusive growth at a higher phase of the relationship. The study recommends that policymakers should encourage the economies of sub-Saharan Africa to pursue inclusive growth and not compromise it for sustainability since sustainability comes later. Institutional quality which serves as a transmission mechanism in the study can as well be used as a robust and efficient structure to avoid adverse environmental externalities of inclusive growth.

近年来，增长与环境文献备受关注。但是，重点放在传统的经济增长或国内生产总值上，而牺牲了增长类别，而这种增长类别的份额是平均分配的，其社会效益远远不只是增加总体经济份额。值得注意的是，本文着眼于增长与环境之间的关系类型，特别强调了包容性的增长。数据来自《世界治理与发展指标》（WGI和WDI）以及使用主成分分析（PCA）构建的包容性增长指数。研究结果表明，制度质量在增强增长环境可持续性方面起着重要作用。结果进一步发现了一种称为环境包容性增长的库兹涅茨曲线（EIKC）的新现象，并加剧了EKC的争论。也就是说，在包容性增长的早期阶段，环境退化也加剧，但是在关系的更高阶段，环境质量随着包容性增长的提高而改善。研究建议政策制定者应鼓励撒哈拉以南非洲经济追求包容性增长，而不是为了可持续性而损害其可持续性。在研究中作为传播机制的机构质量也可以用作一种稳健而有效的结构，以避免包容性增长的不利环境外部性。在关系的更高阶段，环境退化也随之增加，但随着包容性增长的增加，环境质量也会提高。该研究建议决策者应鼓励撒哈拉以南非洲经济追求包容性增长，而不是为了可持续性而损害其可持续性。在研究中作为传播机制的机构质量也可以用作一种稳健而有效的结构，以避免包容性增长的不利环境外部性。在关系的更高阶段，环境退化也随之增加，但随着包容性增长的增加，环境质量也会提高。研究建议政策制定者应鼓励撒哈拉以南非洲经济追求包容性增长，而不是为了可持续性而损害其可持续性。在研究中作为传播机制的机构质量也可以用作一种稳健而有效的结构，以避免包容性增长的不利环境外部性。