Authors
Ojelanki Ngwenyama, Francis K Andoh‐Baidoo, Felix Bollou, Olga Morawczynski
Publication date
2006/1
Journal
The Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries
Volume
23
Issue
1
Pages
1-11
Description
For more than a decade, key international organizations such as the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, the UN and International Telecommunications Union (ITU) have argued that investment in information communication and telecommunication (ICT) infrastructure is a prerequisite for the development of poor countries. However, dissenting voices of the international development community argue that African governments should focus their attention on building schools, delivering basic health care, electricity and clean water rather than on the building of costly ICT infrastructure with their limited financial resources. In this paper, we present an analysis of the relationships among investments in ICT, Health Care and Education and the human development index on five West African nations. We use a Stepwise regression analysis to help unravel the complex relationships among these variables. Our results …
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