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title: "ICT R&D Policies: An International Perspective"
summary: |-
  While the U.S. once led the world in IT R&D, in the last decade other nations have caught up, as a share of total R&D.
date: "2010-07-07"
issues: ["Science and R&D"]
authors: ["Stephen Ezell", "Scott M. Andes"]
content_type: "Reports & Briefings"
canonical_url: "https://itif.org/publications/2010/07/07/ict-rd-policies-international-perspective/"
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# ICT R&D Policies: An International Perspective

ICT is a crucial driver of economic growth. This has made ICT R&D vital to sustaining ICT as an engine of global growth. Although the US still performs the most ICT R&D globally, competition has intensified as US ICT R&D investment as a percentage of GDP has fallen noticeably — and has been surpassed by competitors — in the past decade. In this IEEE journal article ITIF senior analyst Stephen Ezell and research analyst Scott Andes map the decline of U.S. leadership in ICT R&D.

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*Source: Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)*
*URL: https://itif.org/publications/2010/07/07/ict-rd-policies-international-perspective/*