The Role of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in Environmental Quality: An Empirical Analysis for South Asian Economies

: Present study is an attempt to provide in-depth understanding of the relationship between ICT, financialdevelopment, governance effectiveness, and COE nexus in selected South Asian countries. The data were acquiredfrom WDI applied FMOLS, DOLS, FEOLS methods estimation for period 1995-2019. It observed thatICT has negative while financial development a positive impact on case four Asianeconomies. Concerning COE, it that effectiveness negativelyassociated with COE. evident from empirical analysis can be mitigated effective governancepolicies.