Information and Communication Technology (ICT) supports the sharing of information to improve the Quality of Governance (QoG). Many studies found a relationship between ICT diffusion and globalization and between ICT diffusion and the Quality of Governance. This study investigates the influence of both ICT diffusion and globalization in explaining the country level QoG while incorporating gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, human capital, and government expenditure in the context of the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nation) region. To this end, we used Panel Autoregressive Distributed Lags (ARDL) to analyze panel data from 1984 to 2017. In contrast to research conducted in other countries, our research shows that the impact of ICT diffusion on QoG is not significant in the ASEAN region. The findings can be explained by a lack of coherent ICT-strategy among the countries and a lack of institutional mechanisms to ensure ICT efforts’ effectiveness. However, the relationship between globalization and QoG is positive and significant.

信息和通信技术 (ICT) 支持信息共享以提高治理质量 (QoG)。许多研究发现了 ICT 传播与全球化之间以及 ICT 传播与治理质量之间的关系。本研究调查了 ICT 传播和全球化在解释国家级 QoG 方面的影响，同时在东盟（东南亚国家联盟）地区的背景下将人均国内生产总值 (GDP)、人力资本和政府支出纳入其中。为此，我们使用面板自回归分布滞后 (ARDL) 来分析 1984 年至 2017 年的面板数据。 与在其他国家进行的研究相比，我们的研究表明，在东盟地区，ICT 传播对 QoG 的影响并不显着。调查结果可以解释为各国之间缺乏连贯的 ICT 战略以及缺乏确保 ICT 工作有效性的体制机制。然而，全球化与 QoG 之间的关系是积极而重要的。