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The Impact of Information and Communications Technology Infrastructure and Complementary Factors on Intra-African Trade

Content Provider	Scilit
Author	Bankole, Felix Olu Osei-Bryson, Kweku-Muata Brown, Irwin
Copyright Year	2013
Description	Trade is one of the cornerstones of socio-economic development for Africa. Intra-continental trade stimulates productive capacity and competitiveness in nations through exposing domestic industries to competition. The purpose of this study was to investigate how information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure impacts on intra-African trade, taking into account other relevant factors that also influence trade such as Institutional Quality and Educational Attainment. Archival data about Telecommunications Infrastructure (a key indicator of ICT infrastructure), Institutional Quality and Educational Attainment and Trade Flows (Export and Import) from 28 African countries were used as empirical evidence. The research employed structural equation modeling with partial least squares to analyze data. The empirical analysis shows that the Telecommunications Infrastructure has a major impact on intra-African trade. Interacting factors such as Institutional Quality and Educational Attainment also play a role in influencing intra-African trade.
Related Links	https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/95008731.pdf http://repository.uwc.ac.za/xmlui/bitstream/10566/3192/1/Bankole_The-impact-of_2013.pdf
Ending Page	28
Page Count	17
Starting Page	12
ISSN	02681102
e-ISSN	15540170
DOI	10.1080/02681102.2013.832128
Journal	Information Technology for Development
Issue Number	1
Volume Number	21
Language	English
Publisher	Informa UK Limited
Publisher Date	2013-09-30
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Journal: Information Technology for Development Ergonomics Africa Trade Ict Infrastructure Structural Equation Model
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Public Administration Development E-learning Computer Science Applications

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1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
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