Advancing ICT Adoption in Developing Economies: Policy Barriers and Opportunity Frameworks

Abstract

The endorsement of Technology and system of information has paved the way to the outstanding socio-economic development of the developing economies. This uplift, however, is driven by the adoption and practice of disruptive ICT technologies. The major reasons behind these limitations are the policy formulation and implementation, the socio-economic and geo-political infrastructural gaps, and levels of social digital-literacy in these economies. This research, thus, in is main area of interest of developing economies. It advocates ICT policy formulation in developing economies and it seeks to close the gaps of socio-political systems. The focus is on the issues like data regulatory policies lost in space, high personnel staff and costs to implement ICT systems and less organizational and weaker systems of the public sector. The paper draws on academic research, public and private sector policy papers, and public and private sector case study research to explore ICT policy formulation gaps and gives a close look at the opportunities. The study concludes that the problem lies in undeveloped infrastructure and digital illiteracy of public and private sectors. The study promotes advanced social digital literacy, strategic ICT adoption in social-political system and ICT policy reform so that advanced ICT is adopted smoothly in emerging economies.

Keywords: ICT adoption, emerging economies, infrastructure barriers, cyber literacy, mobile technology, IoT.