Digital Connectivity In Sub Saharan Africa A Comparative Perspective

Author : Mr.Emre Alper,Michal Miktus
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2019-09-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781513515922

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Digital Connectivity in sub-Saharan Africa: A Comparative Perspective by Mr.Emre Alper,Michal Miktus Pdf

Higher digital connectivity is expected to bring opportunities to leapfrog development in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Experience within the region demonstrates that if there is an adequate digital infrastructure and a supportive business environment, new forms of business spring up and create jobs for the educated as well as the less educated. The paper first confirms the global digital divide through the unsupervised machine learning clustering K-means algorithm. Next, it derives a composite digital connectivity index, in the spirit of De Muro-Mazziotta-Pareto, for about 190 economies. Descriptive analysis shows that majority of SSA countries lag in digital connectivity, specifically in infrastructure, internet usage, and knowledge. Finally, using fractional logit regressions we document that better business enabling and regulatory environment, financial access, and urbanization are associated with higher digital connectivity.

Author : Mr.Emre Alper,Michal Miktus
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2019-09-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781513514604

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Digital Connectivity in sub-Saharan Africa: A Comparative Perspective by Mr.Emre Alper,Michal Miktus Pdf

Higher digital connectivity is expected to bring opportunities to leapfrog development in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Experience within the region demonstrates that if there is an adequate digital infrastructure and a supportive business environment, new forms of business spring up and create jobs for the educated as well as the less educated. The paper first confirms the global digital divide through the unsupervised machine learning clustering K-means algorithm. Next, it derives a composite digital connectivity index, in the spirit of De Muro-Mazziotta-Pareto, for about 190 economies. Descriptive analysis shows that majority of SSA countries lag in digital connectivity, specifically in infrastructure, internet usage, and knowledge. Finally, using fractional logit regressions we document that better business enabling and regulatory environment, financial access, and urbanization are associated with higher digital connectivity.

Author : Mr.Emre Alper,Michal Miktus
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781513521855

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Bridging the Mobile Digital Divide in Sub-Saharan Africa: Costing under Demographic Change and Urbanization by Mr.Emre Alper,Michal Miktus Pdf

Digital connectivity, including through the modern cellular network technologies, is expected to play a key role for the Future of Work in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). We estimate the cost of introducing a full-scale 4G network by 2025 in SSA and an operable 5G network by 2040. We adapt the costing model of Lombardo (2019) by accounting for the significant demographic transformation and rapid urbanization in SSA. We use the WorldPop and GADM databases and the UN’s medium-variant population projections to project the population densities at the highest level of administrative division for each SSA country in 2025 and 2040. For full 4G connectivity, the required capital and operational costs stands approximately at US$14 billion by 2025 and for 5G connectivity, costs amount to US$57 billion in 2040, conditional on having the 4G in place by 2025. These costs roughly translate to 8.4 percent of annual subscriber income, on a median basis, by 2025 for 4G and 4.9 percent of subscriber income by 2040 for 5G. Having the infrastructure in place is not sufficient to bridge the mobile Digital Divide. In addition, policies are needed to address affordability and knowledge gaps.

Author : Piet Buys
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Determinants of a Digital Divide in Sub- Saharan Africa by Piet Buys Pdf

Author : Mr.Emre Alper,Michal Miktus
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781513519197

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Bridging the Mobile Digital Divide in Sub-Saharan Africa: Costing under Demographic Change and Urbanization by Mr.Emre Alper,Michal Miktus Pdf

Digital connectivity, including through the modern cellular network technologies, is expected to play a key role for the Future of Work in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). We estimate the cost of introducing a full-scale 4G network by 2025 in SSA and an operable 5G network by 2040. We adapt the costing model of Lombardo (2019) by accounting for the significant demographic transformation and rapid urbanization in SSA. We use the WorldPop and GADM databases and the UN’s medium-variant population projections to project the population densities at the highest level of administrative division for each SSA country in 2025 and 2040. For full 4G connectivity, the required capital and operational costs stands approximately at US$14 billion by 2025 and for 5G connectivity, costs amount to US$57 billion in 2040, conditional on having the 4G in place by 2025. These costs roughly translate to 8.4 percent of annual subscriber income, on a median basis, by 2025 for 4G and 4.9 percent of subscriber income by 2040 for 5G. Having the infrastructure in place is not sufficient to bridge the mobile Digital Divide. In addition, policies are needed to address affordability and knowledge gaps.

Author : African Union Commission,OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2021-01-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264606531

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Africa’s Development Dynamics 2021 Digital Transformation for Quality Jobs by African Union Commission,OECD Pdf

Africa’s Development Dynamics uses lessons learned in the continent’s five regions – Central, East, North, Southern and West Africa – to develop policy recommendations and share good practices. Drawing on the most recent statistics, this analysis of development dynamics attempts to help African leaders reach the targets of the African Union’s Agenda 2063 at all levels: continental, regional, national and local.

Author : Bruce Mutsvairo,Massimo Ragnedda
Publisher : Amsterdam University Press
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2019-05-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789048538225

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Mapping the Digital Divide in Africa by Bruce Mutsvairo,Massimo Ragnedda Pdf

Despite issues associated with the digital divide, mobile telephony is growing on the continent and the rise of smartphones has given citizens easy access to social networking sites. But the digital divide, which mostly reflects on one's race, gender, socioeconomic status or geographical location, stands in the way of digital progress. What opportunities are available to tame digital disparities? How are different societies in Africa handling digital problems? What innovative methods are being used to provide citizens with access to critical information that can help improve their lives? Experiences from various locations in several sub-Saharan African countries have been carefully selected in this collection with the aim of providing an updated account on the digital divide and its impact in Africa.

Author : Manabu Nose,Andualem Mengistu
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 19 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2023-12-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9798400258183

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Exploring the Adoption of Selected Digital Technologies in Tax Administration by Manabu Nose,Andualem Mengistu Pdf

Using cross-country data, this note explores the potential impact of selected digital technologies on tax collection and compliance. The analysis makes use of multi-dimensional International Survey on Revenue Administration, Tax Administration Diagnostic Assessment Tool, and Revenue Administration-Gap Analysis Program (RA-GAP) data with results indicating that digital technologies could help enhance tax collection, but with effects that vary by the type of specific digital service or tools introduced. While the results demonstrate a strong association between digital tax administration operations and improved performance outcomes, the realization of revenue gains is heavily contingent on accompanying policy, legislative, and administrative reforms, as well as the availability of adequate digital connectivity and capable tax administration staff. The cross-country approach provides reasonable upper-bound estimates on revenue gains, which, however, need to be carefully validated with country-specific case studies. The note reviews single country case studies from selected micro-economic literature that complement the cross-country results and reveal key enabling factors necessary to reap and sustain the benefits of new digital investments.

Author : MissEstelle X Liu
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2021-02-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781513570051

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Stay Competitive in the Digital Age: The Future of Banks by MissEstelle X Liu Pdf

The latest advancement in financial technology has posed unprecedented challenges for incumbent banks. This paper analyzes the implications of these challenges on bank competitveness, and explores the factors that could support digital advancement in banks. The analysis shows that the traditionally leading role of banks in advancing financial technology has diminished in recent years, and suggests that onoing efforts to catch up to the digital frontier could lead to a more concentrated banking industry, as smaller and less tech-savvy banks struggle to survive. Cross-country evidence has suggested that banks in high-income economies appear to have been the digital leaders, likely benefiting from a sound digital infrastructure, a strong legal and business environment, and healthy competition. Nonetheless, some digital leaders may fall behind in the coming years in adopting newer technologies due to entrenched consumer behavior favoring older technologies, less active fintech and bigtech companies, and weak bank balance sheets.

Author : Manabu Nose
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 49 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2023-10-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9798400258626

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Inclusive GovTech: Enhancing Efficiency and Equity Through Public Service Digitalization by Manabu Nose Pdf

How could the GovTech improve budget processes and execution efficiency? Could the GovTech strengthen redistributive function of public expenditure? Based on an event-study method, this paper finds that the introduction of digital budget payments and e-procurement could significantly enhance budget transparency and help expand the coverage of social assistance to reach the most vulnerable population. Exploiting staggered adoption of digital budget payments, a synthetic control regression identifies meaningful increase in pre-tax income shares among the bottom 50th percentile and female workers, especially for emerging market and developing countries, with effects materializing gradually over 10-year period. The paper delves into the potential mechanism driving these equity benefits, highlighting the reduction in business informality as a primary channel. However, the paper emphasizes that the mere adoption of GovTech strategies or digital technologies is insufficient to unlock its full potential. The outcomes are intricately linked to supporting policies, regulations, organizational and system integration, and robust digital connectivity. The paper underscores that inter-agency coordination facilitated by a dedicated GovTech institution emerges as a critical factor for reaping both efficiency and equity gains from GovTech initiatives.

Author : Jeffrey James
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 83 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030884970

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New Perspectives on Current Development Policy by Jeffrey James Pdf

This book presents new perspectives on current development policy against the background of the Covid-19 pandemic. The author applies new methodological, disciplinary, and analytical approaches to examine specific major contemporary policy issues. The topics covered include the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic in developing countries, an anomaly in the digital divide, Internet connectivity differences in Sub-Saharan Africa, and the domination of India in the spread of new, low-cost smart feature phones. This book is a must-read for a general audience interested in the current development policy in the light of the current Covid-19 pandemic, as well as for students and researchers of development economics and development studies who are interested in issues involving the digital divide and state policy towards the internet in the Global-South.

Author : Mark Beissinger,M. Crawford Young
Publisher : Woodrow Wilson Center Press
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2002-01-24
Category : History
ISBN : 193036508X

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Beyond State Crisis? by Mark Beissinger,M. Crawford Young Pdf

The contributors not only study state breakdown but compare the consequences of post-communism with those of post-colonialism.

Author : Edmund Amann
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2024
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780197648070

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Innovation, Competitiveness, and Development in Latin America by Edmund Amann Pdf

Innovation, Competitiveness, and Development in Latin America provides a balanced and topical analysis of the successes and failures of development policy in post-war Latin America. Across nineteen chapters, experts in the economics and policy of Latin American development and policy identify the challenges at hand. They explore why the region is caught in a middle-income trap, where structural impediments frustrate the achievement of accelerated and sustainable growth. At the same time, potential actions are suggested for creating lasting progress. With fresh insights grounded in the reality of modern-day Latin America, this book offers scholars and professionals a crucial window into Latin America's long-term developmental trajectory.

Author : James Baba Abugre,Ellis L.C. Osabutey,Simon P. Sigué
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2021-06-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030705381

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Business in Africa in the Era of Digital Technology by James Baba Abugre,Ellis L.C. Osabutey,Simon P. Sigué Pdf

This book covers various aspects of business such as Entrepreneurship, HR management, Supply chain management, Marketing, Finance, and Globalization within the Africa Context, especially as digital technology changes the African society. Private and NGOs are emerging with greater capabilities and affecting the development of Africa, and this volume explores the impact of such change. This edited volume honours the exemplary contribution of Professor William Darley to the creation and development of the Academy of African Business and Development (AABD). The book is intended for graduate students and researchers interested in business development and practices in Africa.

Author : Christopher Stroud,Mastin Prinsloo
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2015-02-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781136687235

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Language, Literacy and Diversity by Christopher Stroud,Mastin Prinsloo Pdf

Language, Literacy and Diversity brings together researchers who are leading the innovative and important re-theorization of language and literacy in relation to social mobility, multilingualism and globalization. The volume examines local and global flows of people, language and literacy in relation to social practice; the role (and nature) of boundary maintenance or disruption in global, transnational and translocal contexts; and the lived experiences of individuals on the front lines of global, transnational and translocal processes. The contributors pay attention to the dynamics of multilingualism in located settings and the social and personal management of multilingualism in socially stratified and ethnically plural social settings. Together, they offer ground-breaking research on language practices and documentary practices as regards to access, selection, social mobility and gate-keeping processes in a range of settings across several continents: Africa, Asia, the Americas and Europe.