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This study investigates the role of information and communication technology (ICT) on income inequality through … to reduce inequality contingent on ICT, only the effect of financial depth in reducing inequality is robust to the … on this extension show that ICT reduces income inequality through formal financial sector development and financial …
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This study assesses the role of ICT in modulating the impact of education and lifelong learning on income inequality … interact with primary school education to decrease income inequality. Second, all ICT indicators interact with secondary school … education and lifelong learning to have a positive effect on economic growth. Fourth, ICT indicators do not significantly …
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This study examines how information and communication technology (ICT) could be employed to dampen the potentially …-Saharan African countries. ICT is captured with internet and mobile phone penetration rates whereas environmental degradation is …. Unstable). Baseline findings broadly show that improvement in both of measures of ICT would significantly diminish the possibly …
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Index are employed: educational quality, information and communication technology (ICT) and scientific output. Six CO2 …
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This study examines how information and communication technology (ICT) complements carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions to … influence inclusive human development in forty-four Sub- Saharan African countries for the period 2000-2012. ICT is measured …. The findings broadly show that ICT can be employed to dampen the potentially negative effect of environmental pollution on …
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This study examines how increasing ICT penetration in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) can contribute towards environmental …-four countries for the period 2000-2012. ICT is measured with internet penetration and mobile phone penetration while CO2 emissions … findings are established: First, from the non-interactive regressions, ICT (i.e. mobile phones and the internet) does not …
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This study investigates how information and communication technology (ICT) complements globalisation in order to … influence CO2 emissions in 44 Sub-Saharan African countries over the period 2000-2012. ICT is measured with internet penetration … evidence is based on the Generalised Method of Moments. The findings broadly show that ICT can be employed to dampen the …
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In this study, we assess how the mobile phone can be leveraged upon to improve the role of governance in environmental sustainability in 44 Sub-Saharan African countries. The Generalised Method of Moments is used to establish policy thresholds. A threshold is a critical mass or level of mobile...
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Generally, the revolutionary idea behind using information and communication technology (ICT) has improved potential … productivity in many industries, particularly in Africa. ICT is an essential tool in the oil and gas industry and plays a … complementary role in technological dynamics and cross-sectoral productivity. For the educational sector, ICT facilitates research …
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This paper examines how strategic alliances to create and use standards affect economic growth and development. The explanation of the link from standards to economic growth and development is through the effects of standards on the incentives to perform industrial research and development...
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