ICT as a Determinant for Human Progress: Cross-Country Time Series Analyses

Hitherto studies regarding ICT diffusion at national/local level mainly focuses 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 raise the issue about the relationship between human progress and information and communication technology (ICT) at the national level. Author conducts empirical studies with broader and qualitative factor with ICT diffusion through cross-country panel analysis method to test the hypotheses. The results confirm that ICT can drive human progress at the national level, and also contributes to academia for inspecting future changes with human progress with similar studies.