Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/204936 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
AGDI Working Paper No. WP/18/028
Publisher: 
African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI), Yaoundé
Abstract: 
This paper empirically investigates the role of mobile technology adoption on inclusive growth in 15 West African countries with a view to ascertaining if the positive role of mobile technology adoption on human development as established in other regions holds in West Africa. It used data from World Development Indicators for the period 2004 to 2014, which was estimated with system generalised method of moments (SGMM). The SGMM results show that mobile cell subscription has a statistically insignificant effect on inclusive growth in West Africa which refutes the positive and significant role of mobile technology adoption on inclusive growth. The possible reasons for the results and recommendations are documented in the study.
Subjects: 
ICT
Inclusive growth
Mobile technology
SGMM
JEL: 
O3
O15
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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