The role of governance in mobile phones for inclusive human development in Sub-Saharan Africa

Simplice Asongu and Jacinta Nwachukwu ()

Technovation, 2016, vol. 55-56, 1-13

Abstract: This study assesses the synergy effects of governance in mobile phone penetration for inclusive human development in Sub-Saharan Africa with data for the period 2000–2012. It employs a battery of interactive estimation techniques, namely: Fixed effects, Generalised Method of Moments and Tobit regressions. Concepts of political (voice and accountability and political stability/no violence), economic (government effectiveness and regulation quality) and institutional (corruption-control and rule of law) governance are employed. The following findings are established. The previously apparent positive correlation between mobile phones and inclusive development can be extended to a positive effect. Although political governance is overwhelmingly not significant across estimated models, the average effects from economic governance are higher relative to institutional governance. On the interactions between mobile phones and governance variables, while none are apparent in Fixed effects regressions, there are significant synergy effects in Generalised Method of Moments and Tobit estimations, notably, from: regulation quality in the former and political stability, voice and accountability and rule of law in the latter. There is consistent evidence of convergence in inclusive human development. Policy implications are discussed.

Keywords: Mobile phones; Governance; Inclusive human development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G20 I10 I32 O40 P37 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2016.04.002

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