الفهرس 
Information and Communication Technology
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Abstract
The information and communication revolution and the increase in
the spread of knowledge have given birth to a new era of knowledge and
information which affects directly economic, social, cultural and political
activities of all regions of the world. Countries worldwide have recognized
the role that Information and Communication Technologies could play in
socio-economic development. A number of countries especially those in the
developed world and some in developing countries are putting in place
policies and plans to transform their economies into a knowledge economy.
Malaysia, one of the developing countries that have a comprehensive
ICTs policies and plans regarding the development and utilization of ICTs, It
considered ICT as a key component of their national vision (2020) to
improve the quality of life, knowledge and international competitiveness.
The success of the Malaysian experience in ICT is due to the large
investment not only on ICT infrastructure but also the investment in
developing the human resources. While, the financial and non-financial
incentives play an important role in attracting the world class companies to
invest in the Malaysian ICT sector.
The Malaysian experience achieved successful steps that Egypt can
follow in developing its ICT sector and overcome some of its challenges as
mentioned in this study. Research Problem:
Malaysia’s strategy towards the knowledge economy started in the
mid-1990s, as Malaysia issued the National IT Agenda (NITA) to set the
layout of the information society and the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC)
which considered a global hub for ICT and multimedia innovation to
transform Malaysia into a knowledge economy.
In early 1980s, Egypt has realized the role of ICT in improving the
efficiency of the organizations and the individual therefore; the Egyptian
government adopted the national plan for the development of ICT and
improving the human resources.
Egypt has no doubt adopted various reforms to develop the ICT sector
but its size still has been limited as Egypt’s rank in the global reports and indices
still low comparing with Malaysia : The Networked Readiness Index (NRI) that
assesses how different economies benefit from the latest ICT advances based on:
Environment, Readiness, Usage shows that Malaysia had an advanced position
(30) in 2013 better than Egypt (80), as Egypt should improve the ICT
infrastructure and the governmental and individual access to ICT.
The IT industry competitiveness index prepared by the Economist
Intelligence Unit compares 66 countries in different regions in the world on
the conditions that necessary for IT industry shows that Egypt had an issue in
the most important category which is R& D as Egypt achieved an average
weight of (0.6) less than Malaysia (43.9) in 2012.while, Malaysia’s rank in
the Knowledge Economy Index (KEI) that illustrate the overall level of
development of a country towards the Knowledge Economy was (48) better
than Egypt (97) as Malaysia worked on developing its education, ICT
infrastructure and innovation.from the above mentioned, the statement of the problem can be
summed up in the following questions:
1. What are the opportunities that Malaysia has in ICT and how it overcomes
its challenges?
2. What are the challenges that face Egypt’s ICT?
3. The possibilities of how Egypt can benefit from the Malaysian experience
in the field of Information and Communication Technology sector?
Research Hypotheses:
1. Information and Communication Technology has an impact on the
economic growth.
2. Egypt has the drivers of Information and Communication Technology
development.
3. Egypt can benefit from the Malaysian experience in developing the
Information and Communication Technology sector.
Research Objectives:
1. To study the impact of the Information and Communication Technology
sector on economic growth.
2. To study the development of Information and Communication Technology
sector in Egypt and Malaysia.
3. To analyze the Egyptian performance and the challenges that face
Information and Communication Technology sector in Egypt.
4. Exploring how Egypt can benefit from the Malaysian experience in
Information and Communication Technology development. Methodology of the study:
The researcher applies both inductive (descriptive) and comparative
methods in handling the topic of the possibilities of how Egypt can benefit
from the Malaysian experience in the field of ICT. The descriptive method has
been applied to study the historical development of the Malaysian ICT sector
as well as the historical development of ICT sector in Egypt.
On the other hand, the comparative method has been adopted
depending on the statistics from the Global reports and indices to compare
ICT indicators in both Egypt and Malaysia. The study used reference books,
scientific periodicals and working papers relevant to the topic of the study.
Research Plan:
The study is divided into three parts divided consequently into eight
chapters as follows:
Part One : Literature Review
Chapter One: Information and Communication Technology definitions
and measurements.
Chapter Two: Economic growth theories and ICT worldwide.
Part Two: The Malaysian Experience in Information and
Communication Technology (ICT) sector.
Chapter Three: The historical development of ICT in Malaysia.
Chapter Four : ICT sector indicators in Malaysia.
Chapter Five: The opportunities and the challenges of ICT sector in Malaysia.
Thesis Summary
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Part Three: How Egypt Can Benefit from The Malaysian
Experience in ICT sector.
Chapter Six: The historical development of ICT in Egypt.
Chapter Seven : ICT sector indicators in Egypt.
Chapter Eight: How Egypt can benefit from the Malaysian experience in ICT.