ICT and Productivity in Developing Countries: New Firm-Level Evidence from Brazil and India

Commander, Simon; Harrison, Rupert; Filho, Naércio Aquino Menezes

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“…An early study of the impacts of ICTs on firms in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Russia found a positive relationship between ICTs and firms' economic performance (InfoDev, 2007). Similar evidence has been found for Brazilian, Indian and Chinese firms with respect to productivity (Motohashi, 2008;Commander et al, 2011).…”

Section: Icts and Their Impacts On Innovation And Productivity In Devsupporting

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Innovation and Inclusive Development

Paunov

2013

OECD Science, Technology and Industry Working Papers

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JT03333724Complete document available on OLIS in its original format This document and any map included herein are without prejudice to the status of or sovereignty over any territory, to the delimitation of international frontiers and boundaries and to the name of any territory, city or area. DSTI/DOC(2013)1 UnclassifiedEnglish -Or. English DSTI/DOC(2013)1 2 WORKING PAPER SERIESThe Working Paper series of the OECD Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry is designed to make available to a wider readership selected studies prepared by staff in the Directorate or by outside consultants working on OECD projects. The papers included in the series cover a broad range of issues, of both a technical and policy-analytical nature, in the areas of work of the DSTI. The Working Papers are generally available only in their original language -English or French -with a summary in the other.Comments on the papers are invited, and should be sent to the Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry, OECD, 2 rue André-Pascal, 75775 Paris Cedex 16, France.The opinions expressed in these papers are the sole responsibility of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the OECD or of the governments of its member countries. ABSTRACTInclusive development is a key policy priority since growth processes have not always helped lowerincome groups. Innovation is a major driver of growth and its relationship with inequalities in income and opportunities raises some important policy questions: Do innovation and the resulting technological change necessarily lead to increased inequalities? Do policies aimed at supporting innovation foster inequalities? To what extent can innovation be mobilised to improve the life conditions of the lower income groups? These questions are the basis of this report, which, prepared for the OECD-DST Conference on Innovation for Inclusive Development, reviews the existing evidence in response.Keywords: inclusive, frugal and grassroots innovations; inequalities in income and opportunities; within-country innovation and productivity dispersion; ICTs for inclusive development; developing and emerging economies RÉSUMÉLe développement inclusif est une priorité politique importante car la croissance économique ne bénéficie pas toujours aux groupes à faible revenu. L'innovation est un moteur de la croissance, et sa relation avec les inégalités de revenus et d'opportunités soulève des questions majeures : l'innovation et le changement technologique qui en résulte conduisent-ils nécessairement à l'accroissement des inégalités ? Les politiques visant à soutenir l'innovation conduisent-elles à une augmentation des inégalités ? Dans quelle mesure l'innovation peut-elle être mobilisée pour améliorer les conditions de vie des groupes à faible revenu ? Ces questions sont au départ du présent rapport, préparé pour la Conférence de l'OCDE et du DST sur l'innovation et le développement inclusif, qui passe en revue les informations et connaissances existantes sur le sujet.

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“…Some findings suggest impacts may be larger for developing countries (Commander et al, 2011). This may be due to the fact that the Internet and ICTs may be particularly useful for addressing their more challenging framework conditions for businesses.…”

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Innovation and Inclusive Development

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2013

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“…Aker and Mbiti (2010) discuss, based on the fact that mobile phone usage in Sub-Saharan Africa has grown significantly over the past decade, the economic impact of this rapid diffusion. Commander et al (2011) find a positive relation between ICT capital and the productivity of firms in Brazil and India.…”

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ICT and Economic Growth Comparing Developing, Emerging and Developed Countries

Niebel

2014

SSRN Journal

103

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This paper analyzes the impact of information and communication technologies (ICT) on economic growth in developing, emerging and developed countries. It is based on a sample of 59 countries for the period 1995 to 2010. Various panel data regressions confirm the positive relationship between ICT capital and GDP growth. The regressions for the subsamples of developing, emerging and developed countries do not reveal statistically significant differences of the output elasticity of ICT between these three country groups.

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“…[7] discusses the impact of the rapid diffusion of mobile phone usage in Sub-Sharan Africa. [8] analyses empirically the impact of ICT capital on productivity of firms in Brazil and India. They find a positive impact.…”

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Do Internet and Human Capital Matter for Economic Growth in Developing Countries? Empirical Evidence from WAEMU Countries

Johnson¹

2016

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In the attempt to establish new sources of economic growth in the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) countries except Gunea Bissau for sustainable growth of the region, this study aims to empirically assess the role of internet and revisit the impact of human capital in these countries based on panel data from 2009 to 2014. We firstly use the principal component analysis technique to build the internet network development index and the human capital index. Then we estimate a Cobb-Douglas function under the neoclassical Solow model to establish the relationship between gross domestic product and internet and human capital by using the fixed effects estimation technique. The findings indicate that internet network development constitutes an important pillar for economic growth in WAEMU countries at the current prevailing economic environment. In addition, they reveal that the performance of human capital in terms of economic growth is weak, a result which can be attributed to the poor quality of educational systems of the union. Physical capital is another source of economic growth of the WAEMU countries established by this study. Policy message drawn from this study encourages strategies aiming to strengthen internet network development in WAEMU countries.

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ICT and Productivity in Developing Countries: New Firm-Level Evidence from Brazil and India

Cited by 123 publications

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Innovation and Inclusive Development

Innovation and Inclusive Development

ICT and Economic Growth Comparing Developing, Emerging and Developed Countries

Do Internet and Human Capital Matter for Economic Growth in Developing Countries? Empirical Evidence from WAEMU Countries

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