Doctoral Dissertation Research forTechnology Policy and Economic Dev: Examining the National Information and Communication Technology Polices of Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand

信息通信技术（ict）的采用已成为一个国家发展的关键因素。目前，成功整合信息通信技术的发展中国家与未成功整合信息通信技术的发展中国家之间的差距越来越大。许多发展中国家已经推出了国家计划和机构来加强信息通信技术的部署，希望通过技术采用来支持生产率的提高、新业务的发展和社会转型。然而，对于许多国家来说，这些举措并没有随着经济发展的改善而转化为更高水平的信息通信技术采用。这使得各国政府在实施何种政策和为哪些举措提供资金方面存在很大的不确定性。本科学与社会论文改进基金的目标是资助有关信息通信技术对发展中国家经济发展的作用和影响的初步研究，这些研究将有助于论文的撰写，其目的是建立对国家信息通信技术政策的连贯理解。本研究将综合利用来自国际信息通信技术与发展的二手数据，建立回归模型，并通过广泛的初步研究来完成案例研究分析。本研究将在更广泛的发展努力背景下调查信息通信技术政策的实施和影响。该研究将通过利用统计回归和案例研究分析来加强其概括性，将它们结合在一起，为发展中国家的国家信息和通信技术政策框架奠定基础。以前对这种差异的研究主要集中在经济因素上，夸大了高收入水平和ICT采用率之间的联系。在评估采用率的变化时，综合考察经济和政策变量是很重要的。本研究将在现有研究的基础上进行扩展，纳入导致ICT采用率提高的经济、政策和基础设施趋势。通过这项研究，研究人员将在理解政府在发展改进的ICT接入方面可以发挥的作用方面迈出重要的一步。通过分析经济因素以外的因素，本研究将为研究ICT采用政策的制定和实施提供坚实的基础。这项研究将为发展中国家的政策改革和信息通信技术倡议提供最佳实践方面的信息。此外，这项研究将阐明国家政府在赞助和促进ICT使用方面的作用。

Adoption of information and communications technologies (ICTs) has become a key factor in a country's development. Currently, there is a growing disparity between those developing countries that have successfully integrated ICTs and those that have not. Many developing countries have rolled out national plans and institutions to bolster the deployment of ICTs, hoping to support productivity gains, new business development and social transformation through technology adoption. However, for many countries, these initiatives have not translated to higher levels of ICT adoption with improved economic development. This has left governments with a great deal of uncertainty over what policies to implement and which initiatives to fund. The goal of this Science and Society Dissertation Improvement Grant is to fund primary research regarding the role and impact of ICTs on economic development in developing nations that will contribute to a dissertation whose purpose is to build a cohesive understanding of national ICT policies. This study will use a combination of secondary data from international sources on ICTs and development to develop a regression model as well as extensive primary research to complete case study analysis. This research will investigate the implementation and impact of ICT policies within broader context of development efforts. The study will strengthen its generalizability by utilizing both statistical regression and case study analysis, weaving them together to lay a foundation for a national ICT policy framework for developing countries. Previous studies of this disparity have predominately focused on economic factors, overstating the connection between high-income levels and ICT adoption rates. It is important to examine both economic and policy variables in combination when assessing the variation in adoption rates. This study will expand on current research by including economic, policy, and infrastructure trends that have led to higher ICT adoption rates. With this research study, the researcher will accomplish an important step in understanding the role governments can play in the development of improved ICT access. By analyzing more than economic factors, this study will provide a solid foundation for examining the development and implementation of ICT adoption policies. This research will provide information on best practices for policy reforms and ICT initiatives within developing countries. Further, this study will clarify the role of the national government in sponsoring and promoting ICT Usage.