Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/53060 
Year of Publication: 
2002
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Discussion Paper No. 2002/77
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
Using data from developing countries, this paper explores the nature and direction of the links between ICT diffusion and per capita income, trade and financial indicators, education, and freedom indicators. Internet hosts, Internet users, personal computers and mobile phones represent indicators of ICT. The Gompertz model of technology diffusion is used to study ICT dissemination. The results show that income and government trade policies influence ICT diffusion. Depending on the ICT indicator, freedom indices may or may not affect ICT diffusion. Moreover, only personal computers and Internet hosts seem to have a positive influence on income. Contrary to expectations, ICT diffusion does not seem to enhance education.
Subjects: 
information technology
communication technology
Gompertz model
ICT diffusion
economic development
freedom indicators
JEL: 
F01
O1
O3
ISBN: 
9291902799
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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