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Remittances, ICT and doing business in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Yaoundé: African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI), 2018.
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Abstract
- Purpose - This study examines how linkages between information and communication technology (ICT) and remittances affect the doing of business. Design/methodology/approach - The focus is on a panel of 49 sub-Saharan African countries for the period 2000-2012. The empirical evidence is based on Generalised Method of Moments. Findings - While we establish some appealing results in terms of net negative effects on constraints to the doing of business (i.e. time to start a business and time to pay taxes), some positive net effects are also apparent (i.e. number of start-up procedures, time to build a warehouse and time to register a property). We also establish ICT penetration thresholds at which the unconditional effect of remittances can be changed from positive to negative, notably: (i) for the number of start-up procedures, an internet level of 9.00 penetration per 100 people is required while (ii) for the time to build a warehouse, a mobile phone penetration level of 32.33 penetration per 100 people is essential. Practical and theoretical implications are discussed. Originality/value - To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to assess linkages between ICT, remittances and doing business in Sub-Saharan Africa.
- Subjects :
- O55
Remittances
L96 O30
ICT
Africa
ddc:330
F24
Development
F63
Doing business
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Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.od......1687..6a0d290d24f699858b285ba4f643bd3b