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Mobile phones in the diffusion of knowledge and persistence in inclusive human development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2016
The success of inclusive development strategies in the post-2015 sustainable development agenda depends substantially on the adoption of common inclusive development policies among nations. Building on the relevance of a knowledge economy in the post-2015 development agenda, this study models...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011478775
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The effects of mobile phone technology, knowledge creation and diffusion on inclusive human development in sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice - 2020
This paper examines the joint effects of mobile phone technology, knowledge creation and diffusion on inclusive human development in 49 sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. The empirical evidence is based on Tobit regressions for the period 2000-2012. The net effects of interactions between the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012228906
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Mobile phone innovation and inclusive human development : evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Boateng, Agyenim; Akamavi, Raphael - 2016
A recent World Bank report reveals that poverty has been decreasing in all regions of the world with the exception of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) as more than 45% of countries in the sub-region are off-track from achieving the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) extreme poverty target. This paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011523136
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Educational quality thresholds in the diffusion of knowledge with mobile phones for inclusive human development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Nwachukwu, Jacinta C. - 2017
The study investigates critical masses or thresholds of educational quality at which the diffusion of information with mobile phones enhances inclusive human development. The empirical evidence is based on simultaneity-robust Fixed Effects regressions with data from 49 Sub-Saharan African...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011794979
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The Role of Governance in Mobile Phones for Inclusive Human Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice - 2016
This study assesses the synergy effects of governance in mobile phone penetration for inclusive human development in … (corruption-control and rule of law) governance are employed. The following findings are established. First, the previously …, whereas political governance is overwhelmingly not significant across estimated models, average effects from economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012992711
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Mobile Phone Innovation and Inclusive Human Development : Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice - 2016
A recent World Bank report reveals that poverty has been decreasing in all regions of the world with the exception of sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) as more than 45% of countries in the sub-region are off-track from achieving the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) extreme poverty target. This paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012985344
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The effects of institutional quality and biocapacity on inclusive human development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Nginyu, Giyoh G.; Fonchamnyo, Dobdinga Cletus; Epo, … - 2023
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of biocapacity and institutional quality on inclusive human development in Sub-Saharan Africa. Using system-GMM on a sample of 39 countries, it is found that institutional quality increases inclusive human development and all its components....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014335580
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Basic formal education quality, information technology and inclusive human development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2018
This study assesses the relevance of basic formal education in information technology for inclusive human development in 49 countries in sub-Saharan Africa for the period 2000-2012. The question it aims to answer is the following: what is the relevance of basic formal education in the effect of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011998646
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Mobile money innovations and health performance in sub-Saharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Ngoungou, Yolande E.; Nnanna, Joseph - 2023
This study assesses nexuses between mobile money innovations and health performance in terms of total life expectancy in 43 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa employing data for the period 2004-2018. Four mobile money innovation dynamics are proxied with registered mobile money agents and active...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014312002
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Mobile money innovations, income inequality and gender inclusion in subSaharan Africa
Asongu, Simplice; Agyemang-Mintah, Peter; Nnanna, Joseph; … - 2023
The study assesses the role of mobile money innovations on income inequality and gender inclusion in 42 Sub-Saharan African countries for the period 1980 to 2019 using interactive quantile regressions. The following findings are established. First, income inequality unconditionally reduces the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014335597