Simplice Asongu|Jacinta C. Nwachukwu
Educational quality thresholds in the diffusion of knowledge with mobile phones for inclusive human development in sub-Saharan Africa
University of Cape Town|Coventry University
study investigates critical masses thresholds educational quality diffusion information mobile phones enhances inclusive human development empirical evidence based simultaneityrobust fixed effects regressions data 49 subsaharan african countries period 20002012 following findings established 1 positive marginal net effects inclusive development interaction mobile phones educational quality 2 10 27 pupils per teacher needed primary education order mobile phones enhance inclusive human development 3 comparative dimension english common law countries enjoy higher net effects compared french civil law counterparts ii positive net effects obvious politically stable visvis politically unstable countries iii positive net impacts also apparent resourcepoor visvis resourcerich countries iv low income visvis higher income countries higher net effect inclusive development v landlocked visvis unlandlocked countries experience higher net effects iv islamdominated countries slightly higher net impact compared christianoriented counterparts