How enhancing information and communication technology has affected inequality in Africa for sustainable development: An empirical investigation

Simplice Asongu and Nicholas Odhiambo

Sustainable Development, 2019, vol. 27, issue 4, 647-656

Abstract: This study examines if enhancing information and communication technology reduces inequality in 48 countries in Africa for the periods 2004–2014. Three inequality indictors are used, namely, the Gini coefficient, Atkinson index, and Palma ratio. The adopted information and communication technology indicators include mobile phone penetration, internet penetration, and fixed broadband subscriptions. The empirical evidence is based on the generalised method of moments. Enhancing internet penetration and fixed broadband subscriptions has a net effect on reducing the Gini coefficient and the Atkinson index, whereas increasing mobile phone penetration and internet penetration reduces the Palma ratio. Policy implications are discussed in the light of challenges to Sustainable Development Goals.

Date: 2019
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Working Paper: How Enhancing Information and Communication Technology has affected Inequality in Africa for Sustainable Development: An Empirical Investigation (2018)
Working Paper: How Enhancing Information and Communication Technology has affected Inequality in Africa for Sustainable Development: An Empirical Investigation (2018)
Working Paper: How Enhancing Information and Communication Technology has affected Inequality in Africa for Sustainable Development: An Empirical Investigation (2018)
Working Paper: How Enhancing Information and Communication Technology has affected Inequality in Africa for Sustainable Development: An Empirical Investigation (2018)
Working Paper: How enhancing information and communication technology has affected inequality in Africa for sustainable development:An empirical investigation (2018)
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