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In recent decades, Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has experienced rapid advances in digitalization, with unprecedented growth …
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capacities. At the same time, digitalization has increasingly been touted as a key pathway for mitigating economic losses from … points during the pandemic compared to digitally-constrained firms, suggesting that digitalization acted as a hedge during …
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We develop a detailed model to evaluate the necessary investment requirements to achieve affordable universal broadband. The results indicate that approximately $418 billion needs to be mobilized to connect all unconnected citizens globally (targeting 40-50 GB/Month per user with 95 percent...
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This paper examines the extent to which digitalization-measured by a new proxy based on IP addresses allocations per … estimates show that digitalization has a statistically significant negative effect on inflation in the short run. Its economic … and cointegration analysis further suggest digitalization is a key driver of lower trend inflation …
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Digital connectivity, including through the modern cellular network technologies, is expected to play a key role for the Future of Work in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). We estimate the cost of introducing a full-scale 4G network by 2025 in SSA and an operable 5G network by 2040. We adapt the costing...
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The latest advancement in financial technology has posed unprecedented challenges for incumbent banks. This paper analyzes the implications of these challenges on bank competitveness, and explores the factors that could support digital advancement in banks. The analysis shows that the...
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digitalization from reducing trade fraud could be substantial. Halving the distance to the digitalization frontier could raise …
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The ever-increasing digitalization of businesses has accelerated the need to address the many shortcomings and …
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This paper studies the effect of digitalization on the perception of corruption and trust in tax officials in Africa …. Using individual-level data from Afrobarometer surveys and several indices of digitalization, we find that an increase in … the use of Internet on the perception of corruption. Yet, the paper shows that the dampening effect of digitalization on …
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Policy makers in the MENAP region have been formulating policies and designing programs to develop small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) with a view to create jobs and achieve inclusive growth. But while the programs have helped increase the number of enterprises, growth of SMEs continues to...
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