The Comparative Exploration of Mobile Money Services in Inclusive Development

Asongu, Simplice; Asongu, Ndemaze

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“…The variables which are from WDI, FDSD and WGI of the Bank and Asongu et al. (2019b), as apparent in Appendix 1, are informed by contemporary inclusive development literature (Asongu and Asongu, 2018; Asongu and Nwachukwu, 2016; Asongu and Odhiambo, 2018, 2019b; Demirgüc-Kunt and Klapper, 2012; Demirgüç-Kunt et al., 2015; Murendo et al., 2018; Tchamyou, 2019a, 2019b, 2020). With the exception of urban population and the middle-income countries dummy that are expected to increase income inequality, the other variables are anticipated to have the opposite effect.…”

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The green economy and inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa: Avoidable thresholds and thresholds for complementary policies

Asongu

Odhiambo

2020

Energy Exploration & Exploitation

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The study examines nexuses between carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, renewable energy consumption and inequality in 39 Sub-Saharan African countries for the period 2004–2014. The empirical evidence is based on Quantile regressions. First, in the 25th quantile of the inequality distributions, as long as CO2 emissions metric tons per capita are kept below 4.700 (4.100), the Gini coefficient (Atkinson index) will not increase. These are avoidable CO2 emissions thresholds. Second, renewable energy consumption should be complemented with other policies to: (i) reduce the Gini coefficient when renewable energy consumption is at 50.00% of total final energy consumption and (ii) mitigate the Atkinson index when renewable energy consumption is at 62.500% of total final energy consumption in the bottom quantiles of the Atkinson index distribution and at 50.00% of total final energy consumption in the 75th quantile of the Atkinson index distribution. These are renewable energy consumption thresholds for complementary policies. The novelty of this study in the light of extant literature is fundamentally premised on providing policy makers with avoidable thresholds of CO2 emissions as well as corresponding thresholds of renewable energy consumption for complementary policies, in the nexus between the green economy and inequality.

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The green economy and inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa: Avoidable thresholds and thresholds for complementary policies

Asongu

Odhiambo

2020

Energy Exploration & Exploitation

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“…During the past two decades, the liberalization of the information and communication technology (ICT) sector in Africa has been followed by a plethora of positive development externalities (Asongu, le Roux, Nwachukwu, & Pyke, ; Bongomin, Ntayi, Munene, & Malinga, ; Gosavi, ; Murphy & Carmody, ). One of the development outcomes has been inclusive development partly because associated benefits from mobile banking offer opportunities that are more rewarding to the poor factions of the population (Asongu & Asongu, ). Moreover, beyond the perspective that ICT offers opportunities to underserved segments of the population, it reduces informational rents previously enjoyed by rich and privileged factions of the population at the expense of poorer elements of society (Asongu, Batuo, Nwachukwu, & Tchamyou, ; Efobi, Tanankem, & Asongu, ; Tchamyou & Asongu, ; Uduji & Okolo‐Obasi, ).…”

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Basic formal education quality, information technology, and inclusive human development in sub‐Saharan Africa

Asongu

Odhiambo

2018

Sustainable Development

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This study assesses the role played by basic formal education on the impact of information technology on inclusive human development in sub-Saharan African countries during the period 2000-2012. The study aims to answer one critical question: What is the relevance of basic formal education in the effect of mobile phone penetration on inclusive human development in sub-Saharan Africa when initial levels of inclusive human development are taken into account? The empirical evidence is based on instrumental quantile regressions. The findings of this study show that poor primary education dampens the positive effect of mobile phone penetration on inclusive human development. This finding should be understood from the perspective that the education quality indicator represents a policy syndrome because of the way it is computed, notably, the ratio of pupils to teachers. Hence, an increasing ratio indicates decreasing quality of education. It follows that decreasing quality of education dampens the positive effect of mobile phone on inclusive development. This tendency is consistent throughout the conditional distribution of inclusive sustainable human development. Policy implications are discussed.

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“…The latest statistics reveal that 62.9 percent of the world's population now has a cell phone, and there are 4.68 billion operators/customers and users on the globe (Statista 2019). This fast development of mobile phones has become a useful communication tool, which has not only changed the way many departments work but has also produced new skilled fields for different industries as well as agriculture (Jansen et al, 2006;Sullivan and Omwansa 2013;Asongu and Asongu 2018;Khan et al, 2019). In the farming sector, the smooth conversation of information is important for the effective adoption of farm innovations required for the advancement in farming.…”

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Analyzing mobile phone usage in agricultural modernization and rural development

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Int. J. Agr. Ext.

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The agricultural sector worldwide is facing many issues relating to crop productivity due to the lack of communication between extension workers and farmers. To reduce this gap, information technology like mobile phones are one of the essential communication devices in numerous fields as well as agriculture. This review aims to analyze mobile phone usage in agricultural modernization and rural development. The advancement of the agricultural sector in rural areas is essential for reducing poverty among growers. As we all know, agricultural activities provide employment opportunities and generate income in rural areas. Poverty can be decreased by advancement in the agriculture sector for better production. Agriculture production, socioeconomic conditions, and food security can be improved by increasing the usage of mobile phones for easy and accurate agricultural knowledge sharing to the farming community.

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The Comparative Exploration of Mobile Money Services in Inclusive Development

Abstract: Purpose-We respond to some challenges in the transition to Sustainable Development Goals by examining the correlations between mobile and inclusive development (quality of growth, poverty and inequality) in 93 developing countries for the year 2011.

Cited by 11 publications

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The green economy and inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa: Avoidable thresholds and thresholds for complementary policies

The green economy and inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa: Avoidable thresholds and thresholds for complementary policies

Basic formal education quality, information technology, and inclusive human development in sub‐Saharan Africa

Analyzing mobile phone usage in agricultural modernization and rural development

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