Benin ICT sector performance review, 2009/2010

French version available in IDRC Digital Library: Revue de performance du secteur des TIC Bénin, 2009/2010Operators suffer from a lack of effective operational regulation (interconnection, frequency management, management of disagreements). Despite the law on the liberalization of the telecommunication sector, the fixed line telephone market remains a public monopoly, with the only service provider being Bénin-Télécoms SA. The detailed report analyzes the telecom industry and evaluates the telecommunication regulatory environment (TRE) in Benin

Revue de performance du secteur des TIC Bénin, 2009/2010

Version anglaise disponible dans la Bibliothèque numérique du CRDI: Benin ICT sector performance review, 2009/201

Effets des technologies de l’information et de la communication sur la croissance économique du Bénin

En plein essor, les technologies de l’information et de la communication (TIC) sont devenues un secteur stratégique de l’économie et un facteur important de la croissance économique en offrant des opportunités nouvelles à saisir. L’étude met en lumière les canaux de transmission des contributions des TIC à la croissance. A partir de la technique de l’économétrie des séries temporelles et avec un modèle à correction d’erreur, cette étude analyse le lien entre la croissance économique et le niveau d’investissement dans les technologies de l’information et de la communication au Bénin. Les résultats montrent qu’il existe une relation positive de long terme entre la croissance économique et le capital dans le secteur de l’économie numérique. L’analyse de la causalité au sens de Granger révèle l’existence d’une causalité unidirectionnelle et permet d’affirmer que ce sont les investissements dans les technologies de l’information et de la communication qui favorisent la croissance économique et non l’inverse. Ainsi, le développement des TIC représente pour le Bénin une opportunité pour une croissance économique durable

Mobile Telephony Access and Usage in Africa

This paper uses data from nationally representative household surveys conducted in 17 African countries to analyse mobile adoption and usage. The paper shows that countries differ in their levels of ICT adoption and usage and also in factors that influence adoption and usage. Income and education vastly enhance mobile adoption but gender, age and membership of social networks have little impact. Income is the main explanatory variable for usage. In terms of mobile expenditure the study also finds linkages to fixed-line, work and public phone usages. These linkages need, however, to be explored in more detail in future. Mobile expenditure is inelastic with respect to income, ie the proportion of mobile expenditure to individual income increases less than1% for each1% increase in income. This indicates that people with higher income spend a smaller proportion of their income on mobile expenditure compared to those with less income. The study provides tools to identify policy intervention to improve ICT take-up and usage and defines universal service obligations based on income and monthly usage costs. It helps to put a number to what can be expected from lower access and usage costs in terms of market volume and number of new subscribers. Linking this to other economic data such as national household income and expenditure surveys and GDP calculation would allow forecast of the economic and social impact of policy interventions. Key policy interventions would be regulatory measures to decrease access and usage costs, rural electrification and policies to increase ICT skills of pupils and teachers

Une analyse du niveau optimal de pression fiscale au Bénin : cas de l’impôt sur le revenu

Au Bénin, la contribution des recettes d’impôt sur le revenu aux recettes fiscales totales est faible, alors que l’Etat cherche davantage de moyens pour financer l’économie. Jusqu’à quel niveau peut-on accroitre la pression fiscale sur le revenu sans détériorer la croissance économique ? En utilisant un modèle de Scully modifié, nous estimons par une double approche méthodologique, le niveau optimal d’impôt sur le revenu. Les résultats de l’estimation montrent que le taux optimal de pression fiscale sur le revenu au Bénin est d’environ 8% du PIB, supérieur au taux moyen de pression fiscale sur le revenu de la période 1980-2017 qui est de 2,21% du PIB. Ceci montre qu’en matière de taxation du revenu, le Bénin dispose donc de potentiel fiscal inexploité. Nous suggérons à l’Etat, une politique fiscale active sur le revenu, en vue de mobiliser davantage de recettes fiscales

Two thousand and seven (2007) Benin telecommunications sector performance review : a supply side analysis of policy outcomes

French version available in IDRC Digital Library: Deux milles sept (2007) Bénin : étude de la performance du sector des telecommunications; analyse côté offre des résultats des politiquesThis country study for Benin shows conventional telephony is still a public monopoly entrusted to the incumbent operator, Benin Telecom SA. The monopoly has not been beneficial to the growth of the sector, which is characterised by a low rate of telephone penetration, a slow development of networks, and very poor trunk telephone links. The mobile telephone sector needs to be regulated with regard to pricing and connectivity

2007 telecommunications sector performance review

Version anglaise disponible dans la Bibliothèque numérique du CRDI: Two thousand and seven (2007) Benin telecommunications sector performance review : a supply side analysis of policy outcome

Effect of information and communication technology on cashew nut export in Benin

The introduction of information and communication technology (ICT) has altered the way society operates things. ICT is used in various sectors, including agriculture. It can be used in the agricultural sector to distribute pricing and encourage agricultural commodity exports. The study aims to investigate the effect of ICT on cashew nut export in Benin using an autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) approach. Data were collected over the period of 31 years (1990–2020) in Benin. The estimated results showed that mobile cellular telephone subscription is negatively and significantly correlated with cashew nut export in the short-run. However, in the long-run, it exhibits a positive and significant correlation. On the other hand, internet usage had no significant effect on cashew nut export in the short-run, but negatively influenced cashew nut export in the long-run. These results suggest that to increase its cashew nut export, the Beninese government should invest in technological infrastructure to improve internet access by reducing the cost of internet and increasing education that will allow farmers to better understand and use ICT