Global perspectives on the economic impact of ICT: Empirical analysis of the digital opportunity based on the international dataset

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24650126
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Library and information science/Humanistic social informatics
• Research Institution: Kyushu University
• Principal Investigator: SHINOZAKI AKIHIKO 九州大学, 経済学研究科(研究院), 教授 (00315045)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 情報通信技術 / 経済発展 / グローバル / デジタルディバイド / デジタルオポチュニティ / 携帯電話 / ネットワーク理論 / グレンジャーの因果性検定

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study we built the global dataset and analyzed the economic impact of the information and communication technology, or ICT, from the global perspectives. This analysis revealed that ICT, especially mobile phone, rapidly spread out in the mid-2000s even in the least developed countries where per capita GDP and adult literacy rate were considerably low. We also found that the rapid pervasion of mobile phone promoted higher per capita income among developing countries and that human capital network promoted global service trade, which enhancement of ICT facilitated over the last two decades.

Free Research Field

情報経済、企業経済