
ICT, Financial Inclusion, and Growth : Evidence from African Countries »
Journal Issue
Volume/Issue: 2011/73
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s): Kangni Kpodar , and Mihasonirina Andrianaivo
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 April 2011
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781455227068.001
ISBN: 9781455227068
Keywords: ICT, mobile financial services, internet, mobile telephone, telephone subscribers, telecommunications, Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity: General, Financial Institutions and Services: General,
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 whe...