فناوری اطلاعات و آموزش فراگیر
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فناوری اطلاعات و آموزش فراگیر

عنوان فارسی مقاله: نابرابری، فناوری اطلاعات و آموزش فراگیر در کشورهای جنوب صحرای آفریقا
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله: Inequality, information technology and inclusive education in sub-Saharan Africa
مجله/کنفرانس: پیش بینی فناورانه و تغییرات اجتماعی – Technological Forecasting and Social Change
رشته های تحصیلی مرتبط: علوم اجتماعی، مهندسی فناوری اطلاعات
گرایش های تحصیلی مرتبط: پژوهشگری اجتماعی، اینترنت و شبکه های گسترده
کلمات کلیدی فارسی: آموزش، نابرابری، فناوری اطلاعات و ارتباطات، جنوب صحرای آفریقا
کلمات کلیدی انگلیسی: Education، Inequality، ICT، Sub-Saharan Africa
نوع نگارش مقاله: مقاله پژوهشی (Research Article)
شناسه دیجیتال (DOI): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2019.06.006
دانشگاه: Department of Economics, University of South Africa, P O Box 392, UNISA, 0003 Pretoria, South Africa
صفحات مقاله انگلیسی: 10
ناشر: الزویر - Elsevier
نوع ارائه مقاله: ژورنال
نوع مقاله: ISI
سال انتشار مقاله: 2019
ایمپکت فاکتور: 4.852 در سال 2018
شاخص H_index: 93 در سال 2019
شاخص SJR: 1.422 در سال 2018
شناسه ISSN: 0040-1625
شاخص Quartile (چارک): Q1 در سال 2018
فرمت مقاله انگلیسی: PDF
وضعیت ترجمه: ترجمه نشده است
قیمت مقاله انگلیسی: رایگان
آیا این مقاله بیس است: بله
آیا این مقاله مدل مفهومی دارد: ندارد
آیا این مقاله پرسشنامه دارد: ندارد
آیا این مقاله متغیر دارد: دارد
کد محصول: E13358
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فهرست مطالب (انگلیسی)

Abstract

JEL classification

1. Introduction

2. Literature review

3. Data and methodology

4. Empirical results

5. Concluding implications and future research directions

Acknowledgement

Appendix 1. Definitions of variables

Appendix 2. Summary statistics (2004–2014)

Appendix 3. Correlation matrix (uniform sample size: 141)

References

بخشی از مقاله (انگلیسی)

Abstract

This study examines linkages between inequality, information and communication technology (ICT) and inclusive education in order to establish inequality thresholds that should not be exceeded in order for ICT to promote inclusive education in 42 countries in sub-Saharan Africa for the period 2004–۲۰۱۴٫ The empirical evidence is based on the Generalized Method of Moments. The following findings are established. First, a Gini coefficient and an Atkinson index of respectively, 0.400 and 0.625 are income inequality thresholds that should not be exceeded in order for internet penetration to positively influence inclusive education. Second, a Gini coefficient, an Atkinson index and a Palma ratio of respectively, 0.574, 0.676 and 9.000 are thresholds of income inequality that if exceeded, fixed broadband subscriptions will no longer positively affect inclusive education. As a main policy implication, the established inequality thresholds should not be exceeded in order for ICT to promote inclusive education in sampled countries. Other implications in the light of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are discussed.

Introduction

Inclusive education is clearly articulated in the post-2015 development agenda of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), notably: SDG (Sustainable Development Goal) 4 (i.e. “ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all”) and SDG 5 (i.e. “achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls”). Moreover, inclusive development is central to most SDGs. The positioning of this study on inequality thresholds that dampen the favorable effect of information and communication technology (ICT) on inclusive education in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is motivated by three main factors, notably: (i) the relevance of inclusive development in SSA in the post-2015 sustainable development agenda; (ii) the importance on information and communication technology in development outcomes and (iii) gaps in the literature. These three factors are expanded in turn. First, both policy and scholarly literature are consistent on the relevance of inclusive development in SSA in the light of the post-2015 SDG agenda. On the policy front, the UNDP has recently established that in order for countries in SSA to sustainably achieve poverty reduction initiatives, income inequality has to be reduced considerably (UN, 2017).