ICT Diffusion as a Determinant for Human Progress

Abstract

Hitherto studies regarding ICT diffusion at national/local level mainly focused on economic growth only by enhanced productivity in domestic industries. As ICT plays a role of general purpose technology with its variability and adaptability, this research raises the issue about the relationship between human progress and information and communication technology (ICT) at national level. Author conducts empirical studies with broader and qualitative factor with ICT diffusion through cross-country panel analysis method to test the hypotheses with sample of 102 countries for 11 years starting from the year 2000. The results confirm that ICT can play the role of determinant for human progress and also by different technological medium contributes to academia for inspecting future changes with human progress with similar studies.