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This study examines linkages between inequality, information and communication technology (ICT) and inclusive education … in order to establish inequality thresholds that should not be exceeded in order for ICT to promote inclusive education … affect inclusive education. As a main policy implication, the established inequality thresholds should not be exceeded in …
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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 assesses the role of ICT in modulating the impact of education and lifelong learning on income inequality … interact with primary school education to decrease income inequality. Second, all ICT indicators interact with secondary school … education and lifelong learning to have a positive effect on economic growth. Fourth, ICT indicators do not significantly …
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This study assesses the role of ICT in modulating the impact of education and lifelong learning on income inequality … interact with primary school education to decrease income inequality. Second, all ICT indicators interact with secondary school … education and lifelong learning to have a positive effect on economic growth. Fourth, ICT indicators do not significantly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012060740
: women's labour force participation and women's unemployment. The chosen ICT indicators are mobile phone penetration … represent the most relevant ICT moderator of gender economic inclusion for an effect on CO2 emissions; (ii) negative net effects … are apparent for the most part with fixed broadband subscriptions (iii) both positive ICT thresholds (i.e., critical …
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Generally, the revolutionary idea behind using information and communication technology (ICT) has improved potential … productivity in many industries, particularly in Africa. ICT is an essential tool in the oil and gas industry and plays a … complementary role in technological dynamics and cross-sectoral productivity. For the educational sector, ICT facilitates research …
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This study examines how increasing ICT penetration in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) can contribute towards environmental …-four countries for the period 2000-2012. ICT is measured with internet penetration and mobile phone penetration while CO2 emissions … findings are established: First, from the non-interactive regressions, ICT (i.e. mobile phones and the internet) does not …
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This study investigates how enhancing information and communication technology (ICT) affects female economic … participation, female unemployment and female employment rates. The engaged ICT variables are: fixed broadband subscriptions, mobile …
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In this study, we assess how the mobile phone can be leveraged upon to improve the role of governance in environmental sustainability in 44 Sub-Saharan African countries. The Generalised Method of Moments is used to establish policy thresholds. A threshold is a critical mass or level of mobile...
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This study investigates how ICT affects gender economic inclusion via gender parity education channels. We examine the … the first sample, an extended analysis is used to establish thresholds of ICT penetration that nullify the established net … negative effects. We found that in order to enhance female labor force participation, the following ICT thresholds are …
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