Do internet and mobile usage affect the democracy-economic growth nexus in Africa?-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Do internet and mobile usage affect the democracy-economic growth nexus in Africa?

Published:2024-01-15 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:0266-6669
Container-title:Information Development
language:en
Short-container-title:Information Development

Author:

Dossou Toyo A. M.¹^ORCID,Jotham Kihumuro²,Pascal Dossou K.³,Kambaye Emmanuelle N.⁴,Asongu Simplice A.⁵^ORCID,Alinsato Alastaire S.³

Affiliation:

1. Laboratory of Public Economics, University of Abomey-Calavi in Benin, Gbégamey-Cotonou, Benin; Université de Bourgogne, UFR Droit, sciences économique et politique, Site de Dijon

2. Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China

3. Faculty of Economics and Management, University of Abomey-Calavi in Benin, Gbégamey-Cotonou, Benin

4. School of International Business, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

5. School of Economics, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa; Department of Economic & Data Science, New Uzbekistan University, Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Abstract

Recently, many studies have examined the ICT-economic growth relationship and the democracy-economic growth linkage with conflicting results. However, the study on the moderating effect of internet and mobile usage on the democracy-economic growth relationship is very scanty. This study, therefore, contributes to the economic development literature by examining the impact of internet and mobile usage on the democracy-economic growth relationship in 26 African economies over the period 2000–2020. The panel corrected standard errors (PCSE) estimation technique has been applied. The results show that improving the democratic system in Africa can foster economic growth. Moreover, the result reveals that increasing internet and mobile usage can improves economic growth in Africa. Furthermore, the results reveal that the interaction between internet and mobile usage and democracy can boost economic growth in Africa. Policy implications regarding the moderating effect of internet and mobile usage on the democracy-economic growth nexus are discussed.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Library and Information Sciences

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/02666669231223136

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