Information technology and development: the Internet and the mobile phone in Haiti

Michel S. Laguerre

Information Technology for Development, 2013, vol. 19, issue 2, 100-111

Abstract: This paper examines the ways in which the information technology (IT) sector has contributed to the growth of the Haitian economy. It pinpoints four areas in which the impact is most visible: (1) the employment that the growth of the IT industry generates in both the informal and formal sectors of the economy; (2) the sizable amount of taxes that it disburses to the coffers of the state; (3) the crucial communication services that it provides to the business community (e.g. banking); and (4) the remittances flows that it facilitates.

Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1080/02681102.2012.690170

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