#Digital
#Economy
#development
#Institutional
#qualityeconomic
#growthICT
#infrastructure
Institutional development in an information-driven economy: can ICTs enhance economic growth for low- and lower middle-income countries?
Rudra P. Pradhan,Mak B. Arvin,Mahendhiran Nair,John H. Hall &Sara E. Bennett
2022-04-05

ABSTRACT

The information and communication technology (ICT) revolution has brought positive spill-over effects on institutions and economies across the globe, but it has also increased the information gaps between countries. A key characteristic that may explain these widening gaps is the deepening endogenous relationships between ICT infrastructure, institutions of governance, and economic growth in many developing countries. Thus far, the links between these variables have not been discernible in developing economies, so few studies have explored them. In this paper, we investigate the possible Granger causal relationships among institutional quality, economic growth, and ICT infrastructure development for a sample of developing countries for the period from 2005 to 2019. The application of a vector error-correction model reveals strong inter-relationships between all the variables in the short run. In the long run, institutional quality and ICT infrastructure development stimulate economic growth. These complex relationships are explored and lessons are drawn for policymakers.

 

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS

We assess interactions between institutional quality and ICT infrastructure as well as economic growth.

 

We deploy a panel Granger causality test for low- and lower middle-income countries from 2005 to 2019.

 

We show that there is Granger causality between the variables in the short and the long term.

 

For each case and specification, there is support for the hypothesis that ICT infrastructure and institutional quality both Granger-cause growth in the economy.

 

In the short run, we note a feedback relationship between institutional quality and economic growth. Other short-run results are more varied, based on the particulars proxies for institutional quality and ICT infrastructure.



Read more: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02681102.2022.2051417

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