Dataset for "Digital Infrastructure and Short-Run Economic Growth: Panel Evidence from Emerging and Developing Economies"

DescriptionThis dataset supports the study “Digital Infrastructure and Short-Run Economic Growth: Panel Evidence from Emerging and Developing Economies.” It contains a panel dataset of 20 Sub-Saharan African countries covering the period 2005–2023 (N = 336 country-year observations). The dataset includes variables used in the econometric analysis: GDP growth (annual %) Digital Infrastructure Index (composite of mobile, internet, broadband) Foreign Direct Investment (% of GDP) Inflation (CPI, annual %) Education (average years of schooling / index) Unemployment rate (%) The Digital Infrastructure Index is constructed as an equal-weight composite of mobile subscriptions, internet penetration, and fixed broadband subscriptions, scaled by 100. Data sources include: World Bank World Development Indicators (WDI) International Telecommunication Union (ITU) UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) The dataset is suitable for panel econometric analysis, including Fixed Effects and System-GMM estimation, and supports replication and extension of the study findings.