ICT, Financial Inclusion, and Growth : Evidence from African Countries /

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kpodar, Kangni
Other Authors: Andrianaivo, Mihasonirina
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2011.
Series:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2011/073
Online Access:Full text available on IMF