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development. If the knowledge economy is therefore a n accelerant of development for both advanced and developing economies, it is … possible for Sub- Saharan African (SSA) economies to also catch up with advanced economies. It was on this basis that this … study assessed the knowledge capacity of SSA and the effect it has on its economic advancement. Give n the importance of the …
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The study examines the effectiveness of financial development, financial access, and ICT diffusion in reducing the …, ICT usage, and ICT access, ICT skills is remarkable in reducing both the severity and intensity of poverty. The results … further unveil that, though ICT skills reduce the intensity and severity of poverty in SSA, the effect is more pronounced in …
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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 …
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This study investigates the role of information and communication technology (ICT) on income inequality through … to reduce inequality contingent on ICT, only the effect of financial depth in reducing inequality is robust to the … on this extension show that ICT reduces income inequality through formal financial sector development and financial …
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Index are employed: educational quality, information and communication technology (ICT) and scientific output. Six CO2 …
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This study assesses the role of ICT in modulating the impact of education and lifelong learning on income inequality … and economic growth. It focuses on a sample of 48 African countries from 2004 to 2014. The empirical evidence is based on … interact with primary school education to decrease income inequality. Second, all ICT indicators interact with secondary school …
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This study explores the role of the information and communication Technology (ICT) and financial development (FD) on … both carbon emissions and economic growth for the G7 countries for the period 1990-2014. Using PMG, we found that ICT has a … long run positive effect on emissions, while FD is a weak determinant. The interactive term between the ICT and FD produces …
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This study examines how information and communication technology (ICT) complements carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions to … influence inclusive human development in forty-four Sub- Saharan African countries for the period 2000-2012. ICT is measured …. The findings broadly show that ICT can be employed to dampen the potentially negative effect of environmental pollution on …
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This study investigates how information and communication technology (ICT) complements globalisation in order to … influence CO2 emissions in 44 Sub-Saharan African countries over the period 2000-2012. ICT is measured with internet penetration … evidence is based on the Generalised Method of Moments. The findings broadly show that ICT can be employed to dampen the …
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other regions holds in West Africa. It used data from World Development Indicators for the period 2004 to 2014, which was …
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