Impacts of Information and Communication Technologies on Country Development: Accounting for Area Interrelationships

• Main Authors: KAUFFMAN, Robert J., Kumar, Ajay
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2008
• Subjects: Country assessment; Development; Economic analysis; E-readiness; ICTs; Index measures; Measurement; Policy-making; Simultaneous equation model; Three-stage least squares; Communication Technology and New Media; Computer Sciences; Growth and Development
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/2757; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/3757/viewcontent/Impact_ICT_Ctry_Devt_2008_av.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Single-item composite indices gauge ICT readiness at the country level but do not represent the direct impact of ICTs on a country's development. This paper describes a new approach to measuring the macrolevel impacts of ICTs across a range of development areas. The indirect effects of one area...