Abstract
Policymakers need to recognize that developing economies have different drivers for IT investment than their wealthier brethren.
Highlights
Policymakers need to recognize that developing economies have different drivers for information technology (IT) investment than their wealthier brethren
To inform these policy discussions, it is munications infrastructure, education levels, techniimportant to understand the factors that influence IT cal skills, and the percent of the economy in services use at the country level and whether there are differ- industries [8]
Structure of the addressed by policy that IT can serve as a cattechnology investments economy choices of both governalyst to help poorer countries accelerate development [11, 12]
Summary
Policymakers need to recognize that developing economies have different drivers for IT investment than their wealthier brethren. One the problem as part of a broader set of issues that study of 11 Asia-Pacific countries found that IT include poverty, lack of infrastructure and inadequate investment was associated with diffusion of telecomeducation To inform these policy discussions, it is munications infrastructure, education levels, techniimportant to understand the factors that influence IT cal skills, and the percent of the economy in services use at the country level and whether there are differ- industries [8]. In order to offer empirically based insights into the Another study, based on a flexible accelerator drivers of IT use, we analyzed data from 44 countries investment model, finds differences between develover a 15-year period and found markedly different oped and developing countries in terms of factors results for developing and developed countries These influencing IT investment [10]. We further results have implications for government policymakers examine the issue of developed and developing counand others interested in promoting IT investment for try factors using a seemingly unrelated regression economic development
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