Leveraging digital technology for development: Does ICT contribute to poverty reduction?

J Dzator, AO Acheampong, I Appiah-Otoo… - Telecommunications …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 1 requires countries to end poverty of all
forms. At the same time, SDG 9 target 9. c calls for increasing Information and …

[HTML][HTML] High-speed internet access and energy poverty

K Ackermann, SA Churchill, R Smyth - Energy economics, 2023 - Elsevier
We examine how access to high-speed internet affects the probability of being in energy
poverty. To do so, we match data on Australia's National Broadband Network (NBN) high …

Foreign aid and energy poverty: Sub-national evidence from Senegal

ME Munyanyi, SA Churchill - Energy Economics, 2022 - Elsevier
We contribute to the literature on foreign aid effectiveness and energy poverty by examining
the effect of foreign aid on energy poverty. Using five rounds of the Demographic and Health …

[HTML][HTML] From disastrous heat waves to extreme rains: Effects of weather shocks on entrepreneurship

SA Churchill, ME Munyanyi, TA Trinh… - Journal of Business …, 2024 - Elsevier
Using household panel data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia
(HILDA) Survey and satellite re-analysis temperature and rainfall data, we present the first …

[HTML][HTML] Estimating the relationship between ethnic inequality, conflict and voter turnout in Africa using geocoded data

K Ackermann, SA Churchill, R Smyth - World Development, 2024 - Elsevier
To what extent is voter turnout influenced by ethnic inequality? We combine ethnolinguistic
maps on sub-national locations of ethnic groups with night-time light satellite images to …

Foreign direct investment and inclusive finance: do financial markets and quality of institutions matter?

JY Abor, RA Dwumfour, EK Agbloyor, L Pan - Empirical Economics, 2024 - Springer
We examine the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on financial inclusion. To identify
the causal effect of FDI on financial inclusion, we use plausibly exogenous source of …

[HTML][HTML] Rethinking poverty: An econometric analysis of the role of ICT poverty in a global context

AS Bergantino, M Intini, Y Nademi - Telecommunications Policy, 2025 - Elsevier
In an age of increasing digitalization, it is imperative for policymakers and researchers to
grasp the profound impact of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) on …

Prevalence and risk factors of physical violence against husbands: evidence from India

A Chattopadhyay, SK Sharma… - Journal of biosocial …, 2024 - cambridge.org
As the proportion of women being victims of spousal violence in India is higher than men,
laws are usually framed to safeguard women. However, men who have experienced …

[HTML][HTML] Mobile phone coverage and infant mortality in sub-Saharan Africa

M Flückiger, M Ludwig - Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2023 - Elsevier
Infant mortality is still high in Sub-Saharan Africa. Mobile phone technology has the potential
to reduce mortality by facilitating the exchange of information. To test for effects, we combine …

Aggressiveness mediates the relationship between self-esteem and problematic smartphone use

L Zhang, B Yang - Social Behavior and Personality: an …, 2024 - ingentaconnect.com
This study investigated the association between self-esteem and problematic smartphone
use, and examined the mediating role of aggressiveness. The sample comprised 167 …