Mobile broadband internet is the main technology through which individuals access the internet in developing countries. Understanding the barriers to broadband adoption is thus a priority in designing policies aiming to expand access and close the digital divide across socioeconomic groups and...

This paper estimates the impacts of mobile broadband coverage on household consumption and poverty in Nigeria, the largest economy and mobile broadband market in Africa. The analysis exploits a unique dataset that integrates three waves of a nationally representative longitudinal household...

Over the past decade, the rapidly digitizing economy and expanding digital divide have attracted much attention in both academic and policy research. Access to computers and the Internet has become increasingly important in the digital age. This paper investigates the compounding impact of the...