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

Simplice Asongu and Nicholas Odhiambo

No 25167, Working Papers from University of South Africa, Department of Economics

Abstract: This study examines if enhancing ICT reduces inequality in 48 countries in Africa for the period2004-2014. Three inequality indictors are used, namely, the: Gini coefficient, Atkinson indexand Palma ratio. The adopted ICT indicators include: mobile phone penetration, internetpenetration and fixed broadband subscriptions. The empirical evidence is based on theGeneralised Method of Moments. Enhancing internet penetration and fixed broadbandsubscriptions have a net effect on reducing the Gini coefficient and the Atkinson index, whereasincreasing mobile phone penetration and internet penetration reduces the Palma ratio. Policyimplications are discussed in the light of challenges to Sustainable Development Goals.

Keywords: ICT; Inclusive development; Africa; Sustainable development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018-12
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-dev, nep-env and nep-ict
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (4)

Downloads: (external link)
http://uir.unisa.ac.za/bitstream/handle/10500/2516 ... %20investigation.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
Journal Article: How enhancing information and communication technology has affected inequality in Africa for sustainable development: An empirical investigation (2019)
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)
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:uza:wpaper:25167

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in Working Papers from University of South Africa, Department of Economics Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Shaun Donovan ().