Information infrastructure, governance, and socio-economic development in developing countries

Peter Meso, Philip Musa, Detmar Straub and Victor Mbarika

European Journal of Information Systems, 2009, vol. 18, issue 1, 52-65

Abstract: There is growing interest in the role and contribution of national information infrastructure (NII) to the quality of governance and the socio-economic development of nation states. In this paper, we use publicly available archival data to explore the relationships among NII, governance, and socio-economic development in developing countries. Results substantiate a significant relationship between NII and governance, and NII and socio-economic development. The findings suggest that NII have the capacity to contribute to country development, both directly (via impacts on socio-economic development) and indirectly (via its impacts on governance, which in turn influences socio-economic development).

Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1057/ejis.2008.56

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