Working Paper #2012-009
The informal ICT sector and innovation processes in Senegal
This paper investigates the informal information and communication
technology (ICT) sector in Senegal with a view to developing indicators
that could be used to improve the understanding of the innovation
process. Three approaches are used to gather the information needed for
the analysis: a review of literature; a questionnaire to collect data;
and, a life story to provide context to the research. The analysis
provides examples of innovation in the informal ICT sector and examines
the relationship of social factors to these examples. As the informal
sector dominates the Senegalese economy, the paper contributes to the
understanding of innovation driven economic growth in that sector, and
to the factors linked to transition of economic activity from one sector
to another.
- Keywords
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- Informal economy
- innovation indicators
- information and communication technologies
- ICT
- social
- JEL codes
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- O31
- O33
Cite this as
APA 7th ed.Konté, A., & Ndong, M. (2012). The informal ICT sector and innovation processes in Senegal (UNU-MERIT Working Paper No. 2012-009). UNU-MERIT. https://unu-merit.nl/publications/working-papers/abstract/?id=4653