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Repositioning for Increased Digital Dividends: Internet Usage and Economic Well-being in Sub-Saharan Africa
Journal of Global Information Technology Management ( IF 3.0 ) Pub Date : 2019-01-22 , DOI: 10.1080/1097198x.2019.1567218
O. Evans 1
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ABSTRACT

Until recently, the shortage of rigorous empirical studies has been attributed as the main cause of inadequate policy guidance in enhancing information and communications technology (ICT) and the largely underdeveloped ICT in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). While recently there is an increasing number of national initiatives to enhance broadband infrastructure in SSA, there is also a need for evidence-based decision-making with respect to the relationship between internet usage and economic well-being in Africa to reposition the continent for increased digital dividends. This study, therefore, examines the effect of internet usage on economic well-being for 45 SSA countries for the period 1995–2015 using panel fully modified least square (FMOLS) and panel dynamic ordinary least square (DOLS), and within a panel causality analysis. The panel FMOLS and panel DOLS analyses show that internet usage has a significant and positive effect on economic well-being. The panel causality analysis shows that there is bi-directional causality between internet usage and economic well-being in the short and long run, meaning that internet usage plays significant roles in increasing economic well-being, and economic well-being also plays significant roles in the expansion of internet usage both in the short and long run. Interestingly, the study shows that internet scams have a significant and negative effect on economic well-being, meaning that growing internet scams lead to lower economic well-being in SSA.



中文翻译:

重新定位以增加数字股息:撒哈拉以南非洲地区的互联网使用和经济福祉

摘要

直到最近,缺乏严格的实证研究一直被认为是加强信息和通信技术(ICT)的政策指导不力的主要原因,也是撒哈拉以南非洲(SSA)信息通信技术发展严重落后的主要原因。尽管最近有越来越多的国家计划在撒哈拉以南非洲加强宽带基础设施,但也需要就非洲的互联网使用与经济福祉之间的关系进行循证决策,以重新定位非洲大陆的位置。数字红利。因此,本研究使用面板完全修正最小二乘(FMOLS)和面板动态普通最小二乘(DOLS),并在面板因果关系内,检验了互联网使用对45个SSA国家在1995-2015年期间的经济福祉的影响。分析。面板FMOLS和面板DOLS分析表明,互联网使用对经济福祉具有重大而积极的影响。面板因果关系分析表明,短期和长期而言,互联网使用与经济福祉之间存在双向因果关系,这意味着互联网使用在促进经济福祉方面起着重要作用,而经济福祉也起着重要作用。从短期和长期来看,互联网使用量的增长。有趣的是,研究表明,网络诈骗对经济福祉具有显着的负面影响,这意味着不断增长的网络诈骗导致SSA的经济福祉降低。面板因果关系分析表明,短期和长期而言,互联网使用与经济福祉之间存在双向因果关系,这意味着互联网使用在促进经济福祉方面起着重要作用,而经济福祉也起着重要作用。从短期和长期来看,互联网使用量的增长。有趣的是,研究表明,网络诈骗对经济福祉具有显着的负面影响,这意味着不断增长的网络诈骗导致SSA的经济福祉降低。面板因果关系分析表明,短期和长期而言,互联网使用与经济福祉之间存在双向因果关系,这意味着互联网使用在促进经济福祉方面起着重要作用,而经济福祉也起着重要作用。从短期和长期来看,互联网使用量的增长。有趣的是,研究表明,网络诈骗对经济福祉具有显着的负面影响,这意味着不断增长的网络诈骗导致SSA的经济福祉降低。

更新日期:2019-01-22
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