The impact of mobile phone penetration on African inequality

By Simplice A. Asongu. 2013

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Information Systems, Media Technology

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The Role of Governance in Mobile Phones for Inclusive Human Development in Sub-Saharan Africa (2016, unknown): “…FDI and credit facilities are needed for ‘social spending’ that improves human development (Mlachila et al., 2014) while (ii) remittances which are used for consumption purposes for the most part are also very likely to enhance human development (Mlachila et al., 2014; Ssozi & Asongu, 2015).”
Mobile Telephony, Financial Inclusion and Inclusive Growth (2018, background): “Asongu (2015) provides evidence of mobile penetration reducing inequality in Africa. Similarly, Asongu and Nwachukwu (2016) find that mobile phone diffusion enhances inclusive development in Sub-Saharan Africa. Again, they reveal that institutions enhance the positive effect of mobile phones on incl”
Educational quality thresholds in the diffusion of knowledge with mobile phones for inclusive human development in sub-Saharan Africa (2018, unknown): “, 2017); (viii) inequality adjusted human development (Asongu & Le Roux, 2017); (ix) household management efficiency (Al Surikhi, 2012) and (x) consolidation of opportunities in business (Ondiege, 2010; Mishra & Bisht, 2013; Asongu, 2015).”
Reinventing Foreign Aid for Inclusive and Sustainable Development: Kuznets, Piketty and the Great Policy Reversal (2016, unknown): “Second, it presents specific mechanisms via which aid has been detrimental to Africa.”
The Role of ICT in Modulating the Effect of Education and Lifelong Learning on Income Inequality and Economic Growth in Africa (2019, background): “(i) While ICT enables people to limit physical displacement (Ureta, 2008; Shaikh & Karjaluoto, 2015; Asongu, 2015; Efobi et al., 2018), such benefits can be more apparent when citizens are educated on the benefits of leveraging on ICT to reduce such physical displacements.”
Inequality, ICT and financial access in Africa (2019, unknown): “Asongu and Odhiambo (2017) have employed interactive quantiles regressions to investigate the correlations between inclusive development and mobile banking throughout the conditional distribution of inclusive development.”