Recent cross country panel data studies find a positive impact of internet use on economic growth and a positive impact of internet use on trade. The present study challenges the first finding by showing that internet use does not explain economic growth directly in a fully specified growth...

This paper surveys what can be said in response to three major questions: What are the contributions of ICTs to economic growth, how do ICTs influence competitiveness, and what can public policy do to affect the contribution of ICTs to growth and competitiveness? Current knowledge is limited,...

This paper sets out to locate Mauritian SMEs in the present context of global competition and more particularly to identify the extent to which they have adopted ICTs as a tool to meet the challenges which they now face. The essence of the argument that comes to the fore is that despite having...

Two of the key characteristics defining this historical period are the twin concepts of globalization and the information economy. This transformation - which embodies social, economic, political, technical and cultural processes - is affecting nearly all of the world's people and economies and...

This paper is based on a research study designed to assess the impact and potential of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in micro and small enterprises (MSEs) clustered in Kenya and Ghana; and to explore the effect of clustering on the ability of these enterprises to utilise ICTs...

Mobile remittances have a high development potential as they hold the promise of providing quick, easy and cheap money transfers. In Africa mobile phone usage has increased sharply and mobile banking providers are extending their services, enabling greater opportunities for mobile remittances....