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:: Volume 21, Issue 87 (Winter 1404 2025) ::
QEER 2025, 21(87): 29-60 Back to browse issues page
The Environmental Impacts of Information and Communication Technology: A Cross-Country Analysis
Saleh Ghavidel , Mahmod Mahmodzade *1 , Parviz Vafadar
1- , mahmod.ma@yahoo.com
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The aim of this article is to evaluate the role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) on the environment during the period 1995–2022. This study has been conducted using the Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) in lower-middle-income countries. The results indicate that with an increase in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in this group of countries, pollution decreases. In these countries, as income increases, pollution initially rises, but with a sufficient increase in per capita income, pollution begins to decline—this pattern aligns with the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC). The effect of ICT is positive but very slight, due to the specific conditions of these countries. Fossil fuel consumption and trade liberalization have a positive effect on pollution, while renewable energy consumption and agriculture have an inverse effect. Therefore, considering these conditions, it can be concluded that the expansion of ICT activities, in addition to their positive impacts on the economy, can also bring about favorable environmental effects

Keywords: Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Environmental Pollution, Principal Component Analysis (PCA), Lower-Middle-Income Countries
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Type of Study: Thesis(PhD.) | Subject: Environment
Received: 2025/04/21 | Accepted: 2025/08/9 | Published: 2025/12/31 | ePublished: 2025/12/31
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ghavidel S, mahmodzade M, vafadar P. The Environmental Impacts of Information and Communication Technology: A Cross-Country Analysis. QEER 2025; 21 (87) :29-60
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Volume 21, Issue 87 (Winter 1404 2025) Back to browse issues page
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