Abstract
Ever since the launch of the Internet, but especially in the last 10 years, researchers have been attempting to measure the economic contribution of communications. Originally, the approach focused on the study of cross-sectional samples of countries. Due to limitations on data availability, the primary emphasis had been on OECD countries (facilitated by the extensive Eurostat data sets) or worldwide analysis (based on ITU statistical indicators). While this approach has continued to be pursued, researchers have focused recently on quantitative assessment of specific country studies. For example, aiming to understand the economic impact of broadband, the authors have conducted studies in Europe (Katz et al. 2010a), the United States (Katz and Suter 2009; Katz et al. 2010a, b), and Latin America (Katz 2011c; Katz 2010; Katz et al. 2011; Katz and Callorda 2011).
The following study was funded by the General Secretariat of Orange with the support of Orange Senegal. The views expressed in this chapter are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Orange.
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When considering it with transportation (source: National Accounts).
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GDP of Senegal in 2010 was $12,954 m (current).
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Total population employment reached 5,194,107 in 2010; according to the Youth Employment Network study on Ghana and Senegal, 10.5 % of the labor force is employed in the service sector.
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Source: Sonatel.
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Estimated value: (0.0074 × ln(0.35)) + 0.0533 = 0.0455, actual estimate: 0.44.
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Mobile broadband adoption was embryonic at the time.
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African economic outlook: http://www.africaneconomicoutlook.org/en/countries/west-africa/senegal/.
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World Bank.
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The 2011 IMF debt sustainability analysis (DSA).
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National Accounts are still not published for 2012. Data for 2012 sector revenues is estimated by Hot Telecom Services.
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Katz, R.L., Koutroumpis, P. (2014). The Economic Impact of Telecommunications in Senegal. In: O'Neill, J., Noam, E., Gerbarg, D. (eds) Broadband as a Video Platform. The Economics of Information, Communication, and Entertainment. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03617-5_11
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