Powering economic growth and development in Africa: telecommunication operations
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F62690094%3A18450%2F19%3A50015779" target="_blank" >RIV/62690094:18450/19:50015779 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00036846.2019.1578852" target="_blank" >https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00036846.2019.1578852</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2019.1578852" target="_blank" >10.1080/00036846.2019.1578852</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Powering economic growth and development in Africa: telecommunication operations
Original language description
This study investigates the effect of telecommunication operations on economic growth and development in selected African countries. The analysis considers a panel of 46 African countries from 2000 to 2015. To measure economic growth, real gross domestic product serves as the proxy, while economic development is measured by the Human Development Index, and telecommunication operations by a composite index of telecommunication computed from mobile line, fixed/CDM line and Internet access penetration via principal component analysis. The physical capital stock is measured by gross fixed capital formation, level of employment by the employment to population ratio, human capital development by enrolment in secondary education for both sexes and technology transfer by net inflows of foreign direct investment in Africa. The empirical results suggest that telecommunication operations promote economic growth and development in Africa. These results imply that for every positive expansion in telecommunication operations and physical capital stock, aggregate output and standard of living will adjust positively in Africa. Thus, an appropriate policy to improve overall investment in Africa and most especially in the telecommunication sector since the spillover effect cut across other sectors and the general economic performance.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50202 - Applied Economics, Econometrics
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2019
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Applied economics
ISSN
0003-6846
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
51
Issue of the periodical within the volume
33
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
25
Pages from-to
3583-3607
UT code for WoS article
000465164400002
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85063093510