The effect of political regimes and technology on economic growth

Jamali, Khurram; Wandschneider, Kirsten; Wunnava, Phanindra V.

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“…Literature proves that democracy supports economic growth (Barro 1996;Heo and Tan 2001;Barro and Sala-i-Martin 2004;Jamali et al 2007). Soysa et al (2010) and Boos and Holm-Müller (2013) show empirically that democratic structures also increase GS rates.…”

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The Zambian Resource Curse and its influence on Genuine Savings as an indicator for “weak” sustainable development

Boos

Holm‐Müller

2015

Environ Dev Sustain

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The empirical evidence that economies predominantly reliant on their natural resources are characterized by slower economic growth-the so-called Resource Curse (RC)-is in many ways confirmed by the case of Zambia. Haber and Menaldo (Am Polit Sci Rev 105(1):1-26, 2011) identify Zambia's extreme dependence on copper exports as one of the worldwide most striking examples for a country suffering from this ''curse.'' In topical literature, the RC is traced back to the generation of natural resource rents regardless of economic performance, which among other problems leads to suboptimal reinvestment. The World Banks indicator for the ''weak'' sustainable development of a country-the so-called Genuine Savings (GS)-considers exactly this reinvestment of rents from the depletion of natural capital rents into physical or human capital. Although it has been shown empirically that countries dependent on primary exports on average feature negative GS rates and that the determinants of the RC influence both present economic growth and future sustainability as measured by GS, no case studies have been conducted to confirm this. Against this background, we qualitatively survey the relationship between the most discussed determinants causing the RC in Zambia and the country's GS rate. We show that all theoretical relationships between the GS rates of a country and RC determinants such as consumption behavior, volatile world market prices, the so-called Dutch disease as well as political and institutional structures apply to Zambia between 1964 and 2010: an extreme dependency on copper exports and insufficient reinvestments of income from the depletion of Zambia's natural capital constitutes one of the main reasons for slow growth and negative GS until the copper price booms in the second half of the 2000s.

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Section: The Political Systemmentioning

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The Zambian Resource Curse and its influence on Genuine Savings as an indicator for “weak” sustainable development

Boos

Holm‐Müller

2015

Environ Dev Sustain

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“…In their study of the effect of political regimes and technology on economic growth, Jamali et al (2007) find that democracies significantly outperform autocracies in this area, and so the type of government matters a great deal regarding economic growth. They also find that there are two other main determinants for economic growth: human capital and technology.…”

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“…Perhaps the most important of these factors is the level of human skills and capabilities required to make use of the new technologies. The most effective method for states to develop such capacities is through education (Jamali et al, 2007;Lee, 2001).…”

Section: It and Development: Theoretical Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Although it is often difficult to measure a direct correlation between IT use in the schools and economic development, some scholars have reported such a positive correlation, particularly for developing countries (Driouchi, Azelmad, & Anders, 2006;Jamali, Wandschneider, & Wunnava, 2007). In addition, there is plenty of room for economic benefits to be realized economy-wide in the longer term, because the initial deployment that connected all the schools simultaneously also enabled the provision of high-speed Internet connectivity to the entire country at affordable subscription rates, and the positive impact of increased IT inputs on economic growth and productivity has been widely noted in the economic literature (see, e.g., Cronin, Colleran, Parker, & Dollery, 1993;Norton, 1992;Papaioannou & Dimelis, 2007;Roller & Waverman, 2001).…”

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Policy Considerations from a Nationwide IT-in-Education Initiative: Macedonia Connects

Hosman

2010

Journal of Information Technology & Politics

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Though information technology (IT) is increasingly touted as an effective tool through which governments may enhance their development efforts, to date, many IT-related deployments have remained in a pilot stage, which does little to aid governments in understanding macrolevel IT policy approaches to confronting development challenges. To address this shortcoming, this article presents a unique nationwide initiative: Macedonia Connects, a multipartner, scaled IT-foreducation project wherein every school in the country was equipped with both computers and wireless Internet connections and through which the Internet was made available to citizens across the entire country. A number of policy-related aspects of the project are identified and discussed, including the predeployment training of teachers in IT adoption, the equality of technology and training provision across the entire country, the long-term focus on the part of all stakeholders in terms of outcomes, and the business model employed in the public-private partnership. Although it is too early to discuss long-term outcomes, there are many aspects of this case that will be applicable to governments and practitioners alike in future IT-for-development endeavors. Some of Macedonia's neighboring states have already indicated interest in following this model. Recent years have seen an explosion in the number of information technology (IT) projects in the developing world. This IT expansion has brought with it a corresponding increase in expectations for the quality of life improvements that result from the economic empowerment and development such projects foster. Developing country governments recognize that IT-oriented initiatives can be promoted through policy, but questions remain as to effective methods for doing so, particularly on a nationwide level.Though technology can be instrumental in development, simply "making it available" will not ensure its adoption and diffusion; a framework for its employment must be established, and, more importantly, understood. Without a thorough comprehension of exactly how IT can be applied to local economic and

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“…Recent estimate for this type of computer is about $175 as per the Economic Times dated May 7, 2007. 11. In a recent panel-data-based study covering a sample of 58 countries for years 1990 through 1999, Jamali, Wandschneider, and Wunnava (2007) demonstrated that increased usage of technology (proxied by 00 computers per 000 individuals) has a significant impact on economic growth (i.e., annual percentage growth in real GDP per capita).…”

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Determinants of Intercountry Internet Diffusion Rates

Wunnava

Leiter

2009

American J Econ Sociol

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ABSTRACT. This article employs cross-sectional data from 100 countries to analyze the main determinants of intercountry Internet diffusion rates. We set up an empirical model based on strong theoretical foundations, in which we regress Internet usage on variables that capture social, economic, and political differences between these countries. Our results support past findings that economic strength, infrastructure, and knowledge of the English language positively affect Internet connectivity. In addition to these indicators, the openness of a country, tertiary enrollment, and income equality are found to also have a significant positive effect on Internet diffusion.

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The effect of political regimes and technology on economic growth

Cited by 30 publications

References 23 publications

The Zambian Resource Curse and its influence on Genuine Savings as an indicator for “weak” sustainable development

The Zambian Resource Curse and its influence on Genuine Savings as an indicator for “weak” sustainable development

Policy Considerations from a Nationwide IT-in-Education Initiative: Macedonia Connects

Determinants of Intercountry Internet Diffusion Rates

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