Digital Divide: An Econometric Study of the Determinants in Information-poor Countries

Tasneem Zafar and Khalid Aftab
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Tasneem Zafar: GC University, Lahore.
Khalid Aftab: GC University, Lahore.

The Pakistan Development Review, 2007, vol. 46, issue 1, 63-96

Abstract: There can not be two opinions on the importance of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for economic development. However, real disparities exist in access to and use of ICT across countries. The digital divide is a complicated matter of varying levels of access, basic usage, and applications of ICT among countries and peoples. Using the Gompertz Technology Diffusion model, this paper attempts to measure the contribution of factors such as affordability, knowledge, infrastructure, human capital, trade openness, and economic and social environment in the technology diffusion process, specially in the case of information-poor countries.

Keywords: Digital Divide; Information and Communication Technologies; ICT; Gompertz Model; ICT Diffusion; Economic Development; ICT Infrastructure (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L96 O33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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