Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/204982 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
AGDI Working Paper No. WP/18/054
Publisher: 
African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI), Yaoundé
Abstract: 
This study examines if enhancing ICT reduces inequality in 48 countries in Africa for the period 2004-2014. Three inequality indictors are used, namely, the: Gini coefficient, Atkinson index and Palma ratio. The adopted ICT 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 have 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.
Subjects: 
ICT
Inclusive development
Africa
Sustainable development
JEL: 
G20
I10
I32
O40
O55
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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