Information Technology Dissemination in The Arab World: Survey Study of Constraints and Limitations

It is very clear that the whole world is living new era of its age that is called Digital Economy in which everything, almost, is based on innovative ideas, cutting edge technology, and knowledge of power. Modern tools (smartphones, iWatch, iPod, and GPS) that are based on the Internet is becoming dominant in our day-to-day life covering most of our life aspects. In comparison with other nations on the planet the Arab world (22 countries) is lacking behind in the field of information technology amongst other domains based on several measurements and various analysis. This research aims to highlight constraints and limitations that are causing the Arab world behind other nations in the domain of information technology usage, implementation, deployment and dissemination. So many billions of dollars have been spent in IT without achieving the planned objectives neither in human resources nor at the level organizations development. This situation should alert decision makers and community leaders to assign more attention to the fast-moving world in-order-to “jump in the wagon” of IT towards satisfying prosperity and progress in the Arab world. [1] says it is ironic that a small set of countries represent only 20% of the people's population controls more than 90% of the scientific research production.