Does digitalization improve government effectiveness ? Evidence from developing and developed countries

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Does the adoption of peer-to-government mobile payments increase tax revenue mobilization in developing countries?

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Digitalisation et efficacité de l'administration publique

Texte publié dans la rubrique "Zoom sur la recherche" du site Internet du CERDIDigitalization of government improves its level of effectiveness. This improvement in government effectiveness is greater in developed than in developing countries. Moreover, the magnitude of this effect varies with the level of digitalization and the experience.Comment accélérer et améliorer la transformation numérique de l'État ? Nous montrons que la digitalisation des service publics rend l'État plus performant dans un article paru récemment dans Applied Economics

Digitalisation et efficacité de l'administration publique

Texte publié dans la rubrique "Zoom sur la recherche" du site Internet du CERDIDigitalization of government improves its level of effectiveness. This improvement in government effectiveness is greater in developed than in developing countries. Moreover, the magnitude of this effect varies with the level of digitalization and the experience.Comment accélérer et améliorer la transformation numérique de l'État ? Nous montrons que la digitalisation des service publics rend l'État plus performant dans un article paru récemment dans Applied Economics

Does mobile money services adoption foster intra-African goods trade?

International audienceUsing a propensity score matching methodology, we study the causal effect of mobile money services adoption on intra-African goods trade. We find that countries that adopted MM register a higher goods trade share in GDP of about 0.6 percent in comparison to non-adopters

Does mobile money services adoption foster intra-African goods trade?

International audienceUsing a propensity score matching methodology, we study the causal effect of mobile money services adoption on intra-African goods trade. We find that countries that adopted MM register a higher goods trade share in GDP of about 0.6 percent in comparison to non-adopters

Are ICT's boosting tax revenues? Evidence from developing countries

This paper investigates the effect of ICT readiness and ICT usage on tax revenue mobilization in developing countries. The paper uses a panel fixed effect methodology on a sample of 96 developing countries from 2005 to 2016. We provide evidences that although ICT readiness affects positively tax revenue, the effect is not significant. However, overall ICT usage increase tax revenue. This positive and significant effect remains valid for various taxes: direct taxes and VAT notably. In addition, business, government and individual use of ICTs each have a greater effect on tax revenues than global ICT usage. Regarding the transmission channels, we find that the effect passes through the control of corruption, government effectiveness and tax compliance. Finally, taking into account the time dimension of the study, the positive effect is observed over the second half of the period under study rather than during the first

Are ICTs boosting VAT performance?

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Are ICTs boosting VAT performance?

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