Digital Infrastructure and Local Economic Development: Early Internet in Sub-Saharan Africa
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Keywords
ICT; economic development nighttime lights; Sub-Saharan Africa; cybercafé; internet access; employment; submarine cables;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- O18 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
- R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
- L96 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Telecommunications
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2024-12-02 (Africa)
- NEP-DEV-2024-12-02 (Development)
- NEP-ICT-2024-12-02 (Information and Communication Technologies)
- NEP-URE-2024-12-02 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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