Author: Djilali BenamranePublisher: ECLM
ISBN: 9782843771118
Category : Digital divide
Languages : fr
Pages : 394
Book Description
Les télécommunications, entre bien public et marchandise
Author: Djilali BenamranePublisher: ECLM
ISBN: 9782843771118
Category : Digital divide
Languages : fr
Pages : 394
Book Description
Side@Ways: Mobile Margins and the Dynamics of Communication in Africa
Author: Mirjam Elisabeth BruijnPublisher: African Books Collective
ISBN: 9956728764
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Marginality does not mean isolation. In Africa where people are permanently on the move in search, inter alia, of a 'better elsewhere', marginality means disconnection to obvious possibilities and the invisibility of the myriad connections that make life possible for the ordinarily sidestepped. This book is about the workings of networks of the mobile in Africa, a continent usually associated with the 'global shadows' of the world. How do changes in the possibilities for communication, with the recent hype of mobile technology, influence the social and economic dynamics in Africa's mobile margins? To what extent is the freedom associated with new Information and Communication Technologies reality or disillusion for people dwelling in the margins? Are ordinary Africans increasingly Side@Ways? How social are these emergent Side@Ways? Contributions to answering these and related questions are harvested from ethnographic insights by team members of the WOTRO funded 'Mobile Africa revisited' research programme hosted by the African Studies Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands.
ICT, Financial Inclusion, and Growth
Author: Mr.Kangni KpodarPublisher: International Monetary Fund
ISBN: 1455227064
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 47
Book Description
This paper studies the impact of information and communication technologies (ICT), especially mobile phone rollout, on economic growth in a sample of African countries from 1988 to 2007. Further, we investigate whether financial inclusion is one of the channels through which mobile phone development influences economic growth. In estimating the impact of ICT on economic growth, we use a wide range of ICT indicators, including mobile and fixed telephone penetration rates and the cost of local calls. We address any endogeneity issues by using the System Generalized Method of Moment (GMM) estimator. Financial inclusion is captured by variables measuring access to financial services, such as the number of deposits or loans per head, compiled by Beck, Demirguc-Kunt, and Martinez Peria (2007) and the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP, 2009). The results confirm that ICT, including mobile phone development, contribute significantly to economic growth in African countries. Part of the positive effect of mobile phone penetration on growth comes from greater financial inclusion. At the same time, the development of mobile phones consolidates the impact of financial inclusion on economic growth, especially in countries where mobile financial services take hold.
Bibliographie Mensuelle
Author: United Nations Library (Geneva, Switzerland)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : International law
Languages : en
Pages :
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Trade-marks Journal
Author: ICTs and Social Development
Author: Cees J. HamelinkPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Communication and technology
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Relevé Des Traités Et Accords Internationaux Enregistrés Ou Classés Et Inscrits Au Répertoire Au Secrétariat Pendant Le Mois de ...
Author: United Nations Statement of Treaties and Agreements, Registered Or Filed and Recorded with the Secretariat
Author: 
Author: Publisher: Odile Jacob
ISBN: 2738177565
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
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