ICT Use, Innovation, and Productivity : Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

This paper examines empirically the links between adoption of information and communications technology (ICT), defined as usage by firms, innovation, and productivity using firm-level data for a sample of six Sub-Saharan African countries: the Demo...

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Main Authors:	Cirera, Xavier, Lage, Filipe, Sabetti, Leonard
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:	innovation iInformation and communications technology ICT productivity technology adoption internet usage internationalization competition
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/10/26875976/ict-use-innovation-productivity-evidence-sub-saharan-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25313

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spelling	okr-10986-253132021-04-23T14:04:29Z ICT Use, Innovation, and Productivity : Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa Cirera, Xavier Lage, Filipe Sabetti, Leonard innovation iInformation and communications technology ICT productivity technology adoption internet usage internationalization competition This paper examines empirically the links between adoption of information and communications technology (ICT), defined as usage by firms, innovation, and productivity using firm-level data for a sample of six Sub-Saharan African countries: the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. Although adoption of information and communications technology in these countries is still lagging behind OECD countries, there is significant heterogeneity on adoption rates across the countries. Kenya has the largest adoption rate of computer, software, and Internet usage. The Democratic Republic of Congo and Tanzania experience lower adoption rates. The degree of internationalization of the firm, use of technology, and extent of competition are important factors explaining firm-level use of ICT. The results of the estimates suggest that ICT use is an important and robust enabler of product, process, and organization innovation across all six countries. However, the final impact on productivity depends on the degree of novelty of the innovation introduced by the firm. 2016-11-01T19:10:44Z 2016-11-01T19:10:44Z 2016-10 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/10/26875976/ict-use-innovation-productivity-evidence-sub-saharan-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25313 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7868 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Africa Sub-Saharan Africa Congo, Democratic Republic of Ghana Kenya Tanzania Uganda Zambia
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spellingShingle	innovation iInformation and communications technology ICT productivity technology adoption internet usage internationalization competition Cirera, Xavier Lage, Filipe Sabetti, Leonard ICT Use, Innovation, and Productivity : Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
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description	This paper examines empirically the links between adoption of information and communications technology (ICT), defined as usage by firms, innovation, and productivity using firm-level data for a sample of six Sub-Saharan African countries: the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. Although adoption of information and communications technology in these countries is still lagging behind OECD countries, there is significant heterogeneity on adoption rates across the countries. Kenya has the largest adoption rate of computer, software, and Internet usage. The Democratic Republic of Congo and Tanzania experience lower adoption rates. The degree of internationalization of the firm, use of technology, and extent of competition are important factors explaining firm-level use of ICT. The results of the estimates suggest that ICT use is an important and robust enabler of product, process, and organization innovation across all six countries. However, the final impact on productivity depends on the degree of novelty of the innovation introduced by the firm.
format	Working Paper
author	Cirera, Xavier Lage, Filipe Sabetti, Leonard
author_facet	Cirera, Xavier Lage, Filipe Sabetti, Leonard
author_sort	Cirera, Xavier
title	ICT Use, Innovation, and Productivity : Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
title_short	ICT Use, Innovation, and Productivity : Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
title_full	ICT Use, Innovation, and Productivity : Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
title_fullStr	ICT Use, Innovation, and Productivity : Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
title_full_unstemmed	ICT Use, Innovation, and Productivity : Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
title_sort	ict use, innovation, and productivity : evidence from sub-saharan africa
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2016
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/10/26875976/ict-use-innovation-productivity-evidence-sub-saharan-africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25313
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ICT Use, Innovation, and Productivity : Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

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