Is ICT the key to development?

Journal of Global Information Management

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 66-83

  Gholami, Roya ^a,d   Higón, Dolores Añón ^b   Hanafizadeh, Payam ^c   Emrouznejad, Ali ^a,d  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c ALLAMEH TABATABA'I UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human development index; Information and communication technology; Panel data; Quantile; Regression

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX; INDIRECT EFFECTS; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; PANEL DATA; PER CAPITA; QUANTILE REGRESSION;

COMMUNICATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 73949121278     PISSN: 10627375     EISSN: 15337995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jgim.2010091104     Document Type: Article

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