IT technologies make peoples lives more comfortable and improves quality of life. But I believe the improvement of quality of life can only happen when the quality of life is already good. Developed countries like the U.S quality of life is already good, and it gets better with the use of emerging IT technologies. On the other hand, in developing countries, the quality of life is not good, so the use of IT would not make it better. Do you agree/disagree, and why?
In general any new technology in a developing country would create more jobs as well as the burgeoning of colleges and universities that provided the skills and education needed to support the industry. A fine example is India where the quality of life has tremendously improved because of IT technologies and an educated and skilled workforce.
IT technology will surely help to improve the lives of people in developing countries.
Even for developed or undeveloped countries, technology is must and important. People feel comfortable and happy if one has IT technology. This improvement may busy our schedule and does not make us to concentrate on other important things. All of us enjoy IT technology.
IT technology surely can make a positive difference also in developing countries. However one has to realize that the benefit is mainly for the better-off, while the very poor have lesser benefits; often they do not even get enough food on the table every day, are IT illiterate, and even indirect benefits are restricted (others using IT technology for the benefit of poor). When above India has been used for an example I would doubt that the benefits of IT has reached the very poor. Not in the places of India's periphery I know.
It depends on what kind of technology and what level of development the economy is at. Some technologies that replace Labor in production may be bad for the economy, since it will exacerbate unemployment rate and affect other sectors indirectly. On the other hand, new technologies that introduce new jobs and skills may be a great addition to a developing country. Great question!
No, I do not agree. The development of information technology can significantly reduce costs in any area of the economy. This effect depends on the number of users of IT services. In developing countries, the percentage of users is lower, which means that IT services need to be popularized to reduce costs, especially in public administration. So, we can conclude that the development of IT in developing countries will lead to an increase in the quality of life of the population, but the effect will be less noticeable.
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