The Impact of ICT investment on Human Development
Journal Title: International Journal of Management Sciences - Year 2015, Vol 5, Issue 1
Abstract
The world has witnessed rapid growth in information and communication technology (ICT) sector. Which lead to a global increase in ICT investment. One point of view argue that ICT investments are vital for human development but the other point of view argue that developing countries should focus their limited financial resources on the human development dimensions especially education and health. This study investigates the impact of ICT investments on human development. This by exploring the impact of different components of ICT investment (hardware, software, services and communication) on different dimensions of human development: standard of living (as measured by GDP per capita), education (measured by education index which consists of mean years of schooling and expected years of schooling) and health (measured by life expectancy).The analysis shows that the ICT investments have positive impact on human development index and investment in ICT components must be complementary to gain the benefits for human development. Also, we found that ICT investment have positive impacts on standard of living, education and health. Based on these findings, this study recommends that policymakers should adopt strategies that integrating ICT policies with education and health goals to improve human development indicator.
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Eman Ahmed Hashem
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