The impact of investments in ICT, health and education on development: A DEA analysis of five African Countries from 1993-1999

This paper focuses on economic data published by the UN, United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and ITU to develop and understanding of the impact of ICT investments on development in selected African countries over the last seven years. In this regard a well known method. DEA is used to investigate the impact of ICT on development in five West African countries, Benin, Cameroon, the Ivory Coast, Niger and Senegal.