Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/149975 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
AGDI Working Paper No. WP/16/051
Publisher: 
African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI), Yaoundé
Abstract: 
This paper examines the short and long term effects of information and communication technology (ICT) on inclusive human development in a panel of 49 Sub-Saharan African countries for the period 2000-2012. ICT is measured in terms of mobile phone penetration, internet penetration and telephone penetration rates. While mobile phone penetration has positive short run and long term effects on inclusive human development, the effects of internet and telephone penetrations are insignificant. Moreover, the long term inclusive human development benefits of the mobile phone are higher than the corresponding short term rewards. Policy implications are discussed.
Subjects: 
ICT
inclusive human development
Africa
JEL: 
G20
I10
I32
O40
O55
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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