@article{Osabuohien:332524,
      recid = {332524},
      author = {Osabuohien, Evans and Efobi, Uchenna},
      title = {Manufacturing Export, ICT Infrastructure and Institutions  in ECOWAS Countries},
      address = {2014},
      pages = {20},
      year = {2014},
      note = {Presented at the 17th Annual Conference on Global Economic  Analysis, Dakar, Senegal},
      abstract = {This study empirically examined the relationship between  manufacturing export and ICT infrastructural provision, and  underscored how institutional quality can influence such  relationship using 15 ECOWAS countries (2000-2012). This  stemmed from the fact that infrastructural provision in  ECOWAS sub-region is low and there is a drive by the  regional community to improve infrastructure for enhanced  trade outcomes. We used the Systems Generalised Method of  Moment-SGMM technique to address possible issues of  endogeneity and reverse causality. Our result reveals that  the current level of infrastructural provision in ECOWAS  countries cannot translate into improved trade benefit.  However, institutional development in this region can  circumvent this shortcoming. The results are robust with  the inclusion of some alternative estimates.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/332524},
}