مجلة إقتصاد المال والأعمال

Ai Readiness And Governance Quality In Developing Economies: Cross-sectional And Panel Evidence

Auteurs : Zhang Juan . Yihuan Lin .

Résumé

AI readiness is closely associated with governance quality in cross-country rankings, but this relationship does not persist in panel evidence. The 2023 cross-section shows a strong positive association between AI readiness and the Rule of Law, yet the link weakens after controlling for income level and disappears in two-way fixed-effects estimates for 2020–2024. Year-on-year advances in AI readiness do not systematically precede improvements in either the Rule of Law or Control of Corruption. The results suggest that AI readiness indices mainly capture broad development profiles across countries rather than short-run institutional change within countries. International rankings should therefore not be read as leading indicators of governance progress. For developing economies, technological readiness cannot substitute for foundational institutional capacity.

Mots clés

AI readiness ; governance quality ; institutional capacity ; developing economies ; panel fixed effects