Impact of information and communication technology (ICT) on governance quality

Abstract

ICT is an important channel for knowledge, political awareness, making consciousness, understanding and guiding citizens, political and social forces and groups. ICT causes developing of transparency, government accountability and reducing corruption. E-Government uses ICT for the development of more efficient and more economical government.  In this context, the main objective of this paper is to examine the impact of ICT on the quality of governance in selected middle-and high-income countries by using the generalized moment’s method. Results show that ICT has a significant positive impact on governance quality in selected countries of the period 1996 – 2010.