The Impact of Digital Infrastructure on African Development
This paper estimates the impact of digital infrastructure on economic growth and its sources. The analysis uses system generalized method of moments and finds evidence of a causal impact from the digital infrastructure variables to economic growth,...
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okr-10986-366292021-12-03T05:10:38Z The Impact of Digital Infrastructure on African Development Calderon, Cesar Cantu, Catalina DIGITAL ECONOMY GROWTH DRIVERS ECONOMIC GROWTH DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE This paper estimates the impact of digital infrastructure on economic growth and its sources. The analysis uses system generalized method of moments and finds evidence of a causal impact from the digital infrastructure variables to economic growth, its sources, income inequality, and poverty. The findings show that mobile connections have an impact on economic growth through the total factor productivity growth channel, while internet users drive it by the capital accumulation channel. Connections have a negative effect on the Gini coefficient, and internet users have a negative effect on the poverty headcount. The analysis also finds that human capital and access to electricity are important complementarities for digital infrastructure to reap benefits. There would be large economic gains if Africa were to close the digital infrastructure gap relative to other regions, yet there are some issues of affordability and skills that need to be addressed to reduce the usage gap and the digital divide across gender, rural-urban, and firm size. 2021-12-02T20:20:25Z 2021-12-02T20:20:25Z 2021-11 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/382651637242152978/The-Impact-of-Digital-Infrastructure-on-African-Development http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36629 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 9853 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 |
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This paper estimates the impact of
digital infrastructure on economic growth and its sources.
The analysis uses system generalized method of moments and
finds evidence of a causal impact from the digital
infrastructure variables to economic growth, its sources,
income inequality, and poverty. The findings show that
mobile connections have an impact on economic growth through
the total factor productivity growth channel, while internet
users drive it by the capital accumulation channel.
Connections have a negative effect on the Gini coefficient,
and internet users have a negative effect on the poverty
headcount. The analysis also finds that human capital and
access to electricity are important complementarities for
digital infrastructure to reap benefits. There would be
large economic gains if Africa were to close the digital
infrastructure gap relative to other regions, yet there are
some issues of affordability and skills that need to be
addressed to reduce the usage gap and the digital divide
across gender, rural-urban, and firm size. |
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Working Paper |
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Calderon, Cesar Cantu, Catalina |
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Calderon, Cesar Cantu, Catalina |
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Calderon, Cesar |
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The Impact of Digital Infrastructure on African Development |
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The Impact of Digital Infrastructure on African Development |
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The Impact of Digital Infrastructure on African Development |
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The Impact of Digital Infrastructure on African Development |
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The Impact of Digital Infrastructure on African Development |
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impact of digital infrastructure on african development |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2021 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/382651637242152978/The-Impact-of-Digital-Infrastructure-on-African-Development http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36629 |
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