Amonu, Ogechi Chiagozie (2021) TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION, PROSPERITY AND CORRUPTION OUTLOOK IN AFRICA: A MEDIATION ANALYSIS. Masters thesis, Covenant University Ota..
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Abstract
As the lowest scoring region on the 2019 Corruption Perceptions Index with an average score of 32, Africa’s performance gives a bleak impression of inaction against corruption. Though it is the second most populous continent on earth, Africa has the lowest internet penetration rate globally. Over the past decade, global prosperity has increased significantly but in Africa, some nations became poorer, while the bulk barely maintained the same level of average prosperity. This research empirically examines the role of technological innovation (internet access) in curbing corruption through prosperity, citing all 54 African countries as a case study. The mediating role of prosperity in estimating the effect of innovation on corruption was carried out by employing the Corruption Perceptions Index from Transparency International, Prosperity Index by Legatum Institute, and Individuals’ access to Internet by WDI in the presence of some covariates. The coefficients of the direct, indirect and total effects showed that internet access can only be significant in reducing corruption if it first leads to socio-economic prosperity for individuals, households and African nations as a whole. Hence, this study recommends that to create more prosperity, internet access be made more accessible, and affordable in Africa. However, to reduce corruption, internet access must be engaged in activities that create national prosperity for all-jobs, profits, infrastructural development.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Corruption, Prosperity, Technological Innovation, Internet Access, Mediation Analysis, Hayes |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Mrs Patricia Nwokealisi |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Apr 2021 12:20 |
| Last Modified: | 28 Apr 2021 12:20 |
| URI: | http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/14025 |
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