Information Communications Technology (ICT) Effect on Sustainable Development in Cameroon’s Fragile Economy

The Impact Of Diffusion Of Information Communications Technology (ICT) On Iran Sectoral Productivity Growth

Sustainable Development and Information Technology

Information Technologies model the reality in such a way that information on it can be efficiently found and transported to the decision makers in a useful, readable form. There is still a need of standardization of nomenclatures, interchanging of formats and languages in order to accelerate the communicability of information so it can be useful for any decision maker or for the public. But thi...

Information and Communications Technology (ICT) diffusion and inequality in Africa

This study aims to examine the link between inequality and diffusion of Information and Communications Technology (ICT). It focuses on a set of 32 African countries. ICT diffusion rate for all the countries was calculated. Two estimation techniques were used: Fractional Regression Model method and Ordinary Least Squares. The results indicate that inequality contributed to the development of ICT...

Information Communications Technology for Development

This Essentials is a practical introduction to the complex area of Information and Communications Technologies for Development (ICTD). The use of Information Communications Technologies in development programming is not new. However, in 2000 they assumed a new prominence, when the United Nations and G8 group of industrialized countries flagged ICTD as a global development priority. Since then, ...

Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and Spillover: A Panel Analysis

The pervasive role of information and communications technology (ICT) in the new economy is well documented. There is now considerable agreement among scholars regarding the ICT contribution to national productivity growth. On the other hand, the production spillover and network externality associated with ICT capital draws its contribution beyond the neoclassical baseline. Many researchers hav...