非洲信息和通信技术基础设施供应商选择机构:如何获得外国资金和技术

IF 5.9 2区 管理学 Q1 COMMUNICATION
Stephanie Arnold
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在 "信息和传播技术促进发展 "活动开展了近三十年之后,信息和传播技术主干基础设 施的推广在整个非洲仍然具有挑战性。非洲国家不仅依赖于外国公司的技术,还必须寻求外部资金来支付。这种双重依赖性使非洲各国政府处于弱势地位,我们不禁要问:对外国资金和技术的双重依赖在多大程度上影响了非洲机构对 ICT 基础设施供应商的选择?本文提出了一个区分高收入国家和低收入国家代理权的模型。在后者的基础上,该模型假定,与信息和通信技术相关的外国资金来源(即中国、世界银行、两者、内部)决定了受援国在选择信息和通信技术基础设施提供商时可以行使弱、中或强程度的代理权。本文进一步指出,外国资金与代理程度之间的联系是由捐助方的数字发展议程决定的。例如,该模型预测,主要接受中国 ICT 资金的国家在选择 ICT 基础设施提供商时代理程度较弱,因为中国的数字发展议程将提供资金与雇用中国承包商联系在一起。通过研究非洲国家与 ICT 相关的资金流入和网络设备提供商的地理分布,本文表明资金来源会影响代理程度,进而影响对 ICT 基础设施提供商的选择。然而,分析还表明,非洲的代理权存在着前殖民地时期的鸿沟。事实上,该模型只适用于与法国没有殖民关系的国家,而法国的前殖民地都与华为签订了合同,无论信息和通信技术的资金流如何。
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African agency in ICT infrastructure provider choice: Navigating access to foreign finance and technology

After nearly three decades of “ICT for development”, the rollout of ICT backbone infrastructure remains challenging throughout Africa. African states do not only depend on the technology of foreign companies but must also seek external finance to pay for it. This dual dependency puts African governments in a vulnerable position, leading us to inquire: to what extent does the dual dependency on foreign finance and technology affect African agency in ICT infrastructure provider choice? The paper proposes a model that distinguishes between the agency of higher and lower income countries. Elaborating on the latter, the model assumes that the source of foreign ICT-related finance (i.e., China, World Bank, both, internal) determines whether the recipient state can exercise a weak, medium, or strong degree of agency in its ICT infrastructure provider choice. The paper further argues that the link between foreign finance and degree of agency is shaped by the digital development agenda of the donor. For instance, the model predicts that countries which predominantly received Chinese ICT finance possess weak agency when choosing an ICT infrastructure provider because China's digital development agenda ties the provision of finance to hiring a Chinese contractor. By examining the ICT-related financial inflows and geographical distribution of network equipment providers in African states, the paper shows that the source of finance affects the degree of agency and, subsequently, the choice of ICT infrastructure provider. However, the analysis also suggests a divide in African agency along former colonial lines. In fact, the model holds only for countries without colonial ties to France whereas former French colonies all contracted Huawei, regardless of ICT finance flows.

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来源期刊
Telecommunications Policy
Telecommunications Policy 工程技术-电信学
CiteScore
10.80
自引率
12.50%
发文量
122
审稿时长
38 days
期刊介绍: Telecommunications Policy is concerned with the impact of digitalization in the economy and society. The journal is multidisciplinary, encompassing conceptual, theoretical and empirical studies, quantitative as well as qualitative. The scope includes policy, regulation, and governance; big data, artificial intelligence and data science; new and traditional sectors encompassing new media and the platform economy; management, entrepreneurship, innovation and use. Contributions may explore these topics at national, regional and international levels, including issues confronting both developed and developing countries. The papers accepted by the journal meet high standards of analytical rigor and policy relevance.
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