How Do Digital Technologies Affect Household Welfare in Developing Countries? Evidence from Senegal
Developing countries are implementing policies expanding the adoption and productive use of digital technologies to advance economic development and inclusion. Yet, systematic analyses of the welfare and distributional effects of digital technologi...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2021
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/924781615390080097/How-Do-Digital-Technologies-Affect-Household-Welfare-in-Developing-Countries-Evidence-from-Senegal http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35254 |
| Summary: | Developing countries are implementing
policies expanding the adoption and productive use of
digital technologies to advance economic development and
inclusion. Yet, systematic analyses of the welfare and
distributional effects of digital technologies on households
and individuals—especially broadband mobile internet—remain
limited. To fill this knowledge gap, this paper proposes a
simple analytical framework to offer insights on how more
equitable access to digital technologies affects household
welfare, which can be organized into four areas: (1)
determinants of adoption of digital technologies; (2)
distributional effects of increasing competition in the
information and communication technology industry; (3)
welfare and poverty effects of coverage and access to
digital technologies; and (4) local economic effects of
access to digital technologies. To illustrate the relevance
and replicability of this framework across developing
countries, the analysis is carried out for Senegal, a
country that has recently experienced a rapid expansion in
digital infrastructure. |
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