The Role of ICT in Modulating the Effect of Education and Lifelong Learning on Income Inequality and Economic Growth in Africa

Tchamyou, Vanessa S.; Asongu, Simplice A.; Odhiambo, Nicholas M.

doi:10.1111/1467-8268.12388

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“…The study is consistent with recent inequality literature in adopting three inequality measures in order to account for income inequality (Meniago and Asongu, 2018; Naceur and Zhang, 2016; Tchamyou et al., 2019a). These are the Gini coefficient, the Atkinson index and the Palma ratio.…”

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Financial development, income inequality and carbon emissions in sub-Saharan African countries: A panel data analysis

Odhiambo

2020

Energy Exploration & Exploitation

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This paper examines the dynamic relationship between financial development, income inequality and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in a step-wise fashion, using data from 39 sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries during the period 2004–2014. The study uses three income inequality indicators – the Gini coefficient, the Atkinson index and the Palma ratio – to examine these linkages. The study employs the generalised method of moments as the estimation technique. The empirical findings show that financial development unconditionally reduces CO2 emissions in SSA countries. The findings also show that there are threshold levels of income inequality that should not be exceeded in order for the negative impact of financial development on CO2 emissions to be sustained. Specifically, the study finds that the negative impact of financial development on CO2 emissions is likely to change to positive if the following inequality levels are exceeded: 0.591, 0.662 and 5.59, respectively, for the Gini coefficient, the Atkinson index and the Palma ratio. The findings of this study have far-reaching policy implications not only for SSA countries but also for developing countries as a whole. Policy implications are discussed.

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Financial development, income inequality and carbon emissions in sub-Saharan African countries: A panel data analysis

Odhiambo

2020

Energy Exploration & Exploitation

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“…These studies include, inter alia, Asongu and Nwachukwu (2016c); Boateng et al. (2018); Meniago and Asongu (2018); Tchamyou (2019, 2020); Tchamyou and Asongu (2017); and Tchamyou et al. (2019b).…”

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Enhancing governance for environmental sustainability in sub-Saharan Africa

Asongu

Odhiambo

2020

Energy Exploration & Exploitation

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This study assesses whether improving governance standards affects environmental quality in 44 countries in sub-Saharan Africa for the period 2000–2012. The empirical evidence is based on generalized method of moments. Bundled and unbundled governance dynamics are used, notably: (i) political governance (consisting of political stability and “voice and accountability”); (ii) economic governance (entailing government effectiveness and regulation quality), (iii) institutional governance (represented by the rule of law and corruption-control); and (iv) general governance (encompassing political, economic, and institutional governance dynamics). The following hypotheses are tested: (i) Hypothesis 1 ( improving political governance is negatively related to carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions); (ii) Hypothesis 2 ( increasing economic governance is negatively related to CO2 emissions); and (iii) Hypothesis 3 ( enhancing institutional governance is negatively related to CO2 emissions). Results of the tested hypotheses show that the validity of Hypothesis 3 cannot be determined based on the results; Hypothesis 2 is not valid, while Hypothesis 1 is partially not valid. The main policy implication is that governance standards need to be further improved in order for government quality to generate the expected unfavorable effects on CO2 emissions.

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“…The recent advancement in ICTs is changing old ways of carrying out activities, as well as creating new ones, from the agricultural sector to industry and service sectors. The transformative power of ICT can be relevant in modulating education for economic outcomes such as economic growth (Tchamyou et al, 2019). Moreover, advancement in ICTs makes digital literacy imperative, not only for wage employment but also for the creation of new businesses by individuals (Ebaidalla, 2014).…”

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Ending youth unemployment in sub‐saharan Africa: Does ICT development have any role?

Metu

Ajudua

Eboh

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African Development Review

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This study investigates the role of information and communication technology (ICT) development towards ending youth unemployment in the 48 sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries from 1991 to 2018. Using a dynamic panel modelling technique, the study employed the instrumental variable (IV) regression, within the framework of the system generalized method of moment (GMM-SYS) estimator. The results show that the low level of mobile phone subscriptions, broadband internet subscriptions, Wi-Fi internet subscriptions and internet bandwidth exert a significant negative effect on youth unemployment. This means that ICT development reduces youth unemployment in SSA. Also, it was found that the number of households with access to computers has a negative but insignificant effect on youth unemployment; this shows the ineffective role of household computers in reducing youth unemployment in SSA. Based on these findings, we recommend among other things that, for government to optimize the expanding youth population, there is the need for further telecommunication reforms to reduce the cost of mobile phone technologies and improved ultra-modern internet facilities in the region.

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The Role of ICT in Modulating the Effect of Education and Lifelong Learning on Income Inequality and Economic Growth in Africa

Cited by 282 publications

References 55 publications

Financial development, income inequality and carbon emissions in sub-Saharan African countries: A panel data analysis

Financial development, income inequality and carbon emissions in sub-Saharan African countries: A panel data analysis

Enhancing governance for environmental sustainability in sub-Saharan Africa

Ending youth unemployment in sub‐saharan Africa: Does ICT development have any role?

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