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across eight other SSA countries. Senegal stands out in having more female owners in micro agricultural firms (56 percent) but fewer in other sectors (manufacturing and services) relative to the other SSA countries. The female ownership variable did not have a statistically significant association with either adoption of smartphones or with firm productivity or profitability, in both FAT and RIA data for Senegal. More work is needed to better understand the role and effect of women and youth in firms’ use of DTs, as well as in individual and household usage (including the use of distance learning for girls). 31. On the concept of diagnostic monitoring or “learning by monitoring,” see Sabel (1994).
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