Determinants of a Digital Divide in Sub-Saharan Africa A Spatial Econometric Analysis of Cell Phone.pdf
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Determinants of a Digital Divide in Sub-Saharan Africa A Spatial Econometric Analysis of Cell Phone
World Development Vol. 37, No. 9, pp. 1494–1505, 2009
2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved
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doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2009.01.011Determinants of a Digital Divide in Sub-Saharan Africa:
A Spatial Econometric Analysis of Cell Phone CoveragePIET BUYS, SUSMITA DASGUPTA, TIMOTHY S. THOMAS
World Bank, Washington, DC, United States
andDAVID WHEELER *
Center for Global Development, Washington, DC, United StatesSummary. — This paper investigates the determinants of disparities in coverage by cell telephone systems in Sub-Saharan Africa. It uses
a spatially disaggregated probit for over 990,000 grid cells with adjustments for spatial autocorrelation. Determinants include potential
market size (population); cost factors related to accessibility (elevation, slope, distance from a main road, and distance from the nearest
large city); and competition policy. Estimates indicate significant results for the supply–demand variables, and very strong results for the
competition policy index.
Simulations suggest that a generalized improvement in competition policy could lead to huge improvements in cell phone area coverage,
and to an overall coverage increase of nearly 100%.
2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Key words — Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), GSM cell phone, spatial probit, Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC), competition policy*We dedicate this paper to our friend, colleague, and co-researcher Piet
Buys, who died in a tragic accident during the latter part of our research.
The authors are listed in alphabetical order. We thank Vivien Foster,
Cecilia M. Briceno-Garmendia, Maria Shkaratan, Sudeshna Ghosh
Banerjee, KenChomitz, and Uwe Deichmann for information on Telecom
reforms, useful comments, and suggestions.The findings, interpretations,
and conclusions in this paper are entirely ours. They do not necessarily
represent the view of the World Bank, its Executive Directors, or the
countries they represent. Final revision accepted: January
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