Digital infrastructural development and inclusive growth in Sub-Saharan Africa

Kouladoum, Jean-Claude

doi:10.1007/s40847-023-00240-5

Cited by 15 publications

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“…This finding, therefore, requires the governments in Central, Eastern, Southern and Western Africa to promote usage and improve investment in digital infrastructure that benefits all. Kouladoum (2023) and Oyinlola and Adedeji (2022) arrived at similar conclusions regarding the need for governments to invest more in digital infrastructure development.…”

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confidence: 65%

Fiscal space, governance quality and inclusive growth: evidence from Africa

Katuka,

Mudzingiri,

Ozili

2023

JFEP

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Purpose This study aims to examine the impact of fiscal space and governance quality on inclusive growth in African countries. Design/methodology/approach In total, 28 African countries were analyzed from 2000 to 2020 using the generalized method of moment regression method. An inclusive growth index was developed using the principal component analysis (PCA) method. The PCA-derived index incorporates factors such as poverty, income inequality, economic participation and per capita income. Findings The main findings suggest that fiscal space availability (de facto fiscal space and fiscal balance) promotes inclusive growth. The study also showed that lagged inclusive growth, digitalization and governance indicators positively influence inclusive growth. The study concludes that fiscal space availability fosters inclusive growth, but this effect is mediated by governance quality in Africa. Originality/value Several studies examined the role of fiscal policy on inclusive growth. However, it is crucial to assess the fiscal space, that is, the financial capacity of the government to implement its fiscal policy without harming its financial stability. This paper, therefore, contributes to the existing literature by using de facto fiscal space indicator to comprehend fiscal dynamics contributing to inclusive growth. In addition, the paper uniquely constructs an inclusive growth index by including poverty severity, which considers both the incidence and depth of poverty and inequality in society.

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Fiscal space, governance quality and inclusive growth: evidence from Africa

Katuka,

Mudzingiri,

Ozili

2023

JFEP

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“…This digital divide represents a significant human and economic loss for cities and territories in Africa, and research has shown that the number of Internet users positively affects the inclusive growth of economies (Abdychev et al, 2020; Ndubuisi et al, 2021; Kouladoum, 2023), which can be characterized as both spatial and socioeconomic (Nijman and Wei, 2020). Indeed, the deployment of digital infrastructure reproduces spatial inequalities, thus enriching the multiscale spatial divide between cities and peripheries, metropolises and secondary cities, cities, and rural areas, as well as developed and less developed countries (Ramalingam, 2016; UNESCO, 2016; Otioma et al, 2019).…”

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Deployment of digital technologies in African cities: emerging issues and policy recommendations for local governments

Jieutsa,

Gbaguidi,

Nadifi

et al. 2024

Data & Policy

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The deployment of digital technologies in African cities, beyond improving service delivery, raises issues of digital inclusion, digital rights, and increasing spatial and social inequalities. As part of the African Cities Lab Summit 2023, we conducted a workshop with 20 multidisciplinary participants to explore issues related to the deployment of digital technologies in African cities. This research is a policy paper that addresses these issues and provides policy recommendations for local governments. It emphasizes the importance of inclusive digital infrastructure, regulations safeguarding vulnerable sectors, and governance ensuring citizens’ rights in the digital transformation. Focusing on transparency, equity, and collaboration with communities, local governments play a vital role in fostering inclusive digital transformation, essential for equitable and rights-centric smart cities in Africa.

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“…In addition, industrialization and growth also have a positive impact on infrastructure development, however, there is no significant impact of infrastructural development in the region. Kouladoum (2023) analysed the impact of the inclusive growth aspect of digital infrastructure development in Sub-Saharan African economies for 20 years using the Driscoll-Kraay strategy and Newey-West standard errors on four indicators of digital infrastructure. The findings of the study revealed that mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 adults, the number of fixed broadband subscribers, fixed telephone and the number of individuals using the internet have a positive and significant impact on the inclusive growth of the region.…”

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Infrastructure development, informal economy, and gender inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa

Marire,

Iqbal

2024

J. Infras. Policy. Dev.

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Infrastructure development policies have been criticised for lacking a deliberate pro-gender and pro-informal sector orientation. Since African economies are dual enclaves, with the traditional and informal sectors female-dominated, failure to have gendered infrastructure development planning and investment exacerbates gender inequality. The paper examines the effect of the infrastructure development index, the size of the informal economy, and the level of economic development on gender inequality. The paper applies the panel autoregressive distributed lag method to data on the gender inequality index, infrastructure development index, GDP per capita, and size of the informal sector for the period 2005–2018. The sample consists of 44 African countries. The research established that the infrastructure development index, its sub-indices, GDP per capita, and the size of the informal sector are crucial dynamics that governments need to consider carefully when formulating development policies to reduce gender inequality. The research found that investment in infrastructure in general, transport infrastructure, and energy infrastructure reduces gender inequality. infrastructure development has gender inequality increasing effects in some countries and gender inequality reducing effects in others. The pattern suggests that at the continental level a Kuznets-type patten in the relationship between gender inequality and infrastructure development, gender inequality and size of informal sector, and gender inequality and GDP per capita exists. Some countries are in the region where changes in these covariates positively correlate with gender inequality, while others are in the region where further increases in the covariates reduce gender inequality.

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Digital infrastructural development and inclusive growth in Sub-Saharan Africa

Cited by 15 publications

References 53 publications

Fiscal space, governance quality and inclusive growth: evidence from Africa

Fiscal space, governance quality and inclusive growth: evidence from Africa

Deployment of digital technologies in African cities: emerging issues and policy recommendations for local governments

Infrastructure development, informal economy, and gender inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa

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