The new economy in development : ICT challenges and opportunities /
The new economy in development : ICT challenges and opportunities /
edited by Anthony P. D'Costa ; foreword by Matti Pohjola.
- xxiii, 235 p.
- Technology, globalization and development .
- Technology, globalization and development. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : charting a new development trajectory? / Theoretical and conceptual foundations of total factor productivity measurement in services : looking back and ahead / Emergent regime formation for the information society and the impact on Africa / The Internet and economic growth in LDCs : a case of managing expectations? / Can ICT make a difference in the development of transition economies? / ICT initiatives in India : lessons for broad-based development / The software and information services sector in Argentina : the pros and cons of an inward-oriented development strategy / ICT opportunities and challenges for development in the Arab region / Impact of technology on competitiveness : a case study of Indian small auto component units / How to solve the 'hotmail problem' : global-local interfaces and filipino technopreneurs / Anthony P. D'Costa -- Birgitte Andersen and Marva E. Corley -- Derrick L. Cogburn -- Charles Kenny -- Marcin Piatkowski -- P. D. Kaushik -- Daniel Chudnovsky and Andres Lopez -- Samia Satti O. M. Nour -- T. A. Bhavani -- Czarina Saloma-Akpedonu. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
"The New Economy in Development presents conceptual and empirical analyses of the opportunities offered by information and communications technologies (ICT). By focusing on the interrelationships between ICT, services, globalization, international agreements and broader development goals, the volume offers a range of policy options for harnessing ICT for development. Contributors include scholars and policy makers from international organizations, and the chapters include understudied cases from Africa, Latin America, Eastern Europe, and Asia."--Publisher description.
0230001467 (cloth)
2006043245
Information technology--Developing countries
Communication in economic development
HC59.72.I55 / N49 2006
303.48/33091724
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : charting a new development trajectory? / Theoretical and conceptual foundations of total factor productivity measurement in services : looking back and ahead / Emergent regime formation for the information society and the impact on Africa / The Internet and economic growth in LDCs : a case of managing expectations? / Can ICT make a difference in the development of transition economies? / ICT initiatives in India : lessons for broad-based development / The software and information services sector in Argentina : the pros and cons of an inward-oriented development strategy / ICT opportunities and challenges for development in the Arab region / Impact of technology on competitiveness : a case study of Indian small auto component units / How to solve the 'hotmail problem' : global-local interfaces and filipino technopreneurs / Anthony P. D'Costa -- Birgitte Andersen and Marva E. Corley -- Derrick L. Cogburn -- Charles Kenny -- Marcin Piatkowski -- P. D. Kaushik -- Daniel Chudnovsky and Andres Lopez -- Samia Satti O. M. Nour -- T. A. Bhavani -- Czarina Saloma-Akpedonu. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
"The New Economy in Development presents conceptual and empirical analyses of the opportunities offered by information and communications technologies (ICT). By focusing on the interrelationships between ICT, services, globalization, international agreements and broader development goals, the volume offers a range of policy options for harnessing ICT for development. Contributors include scholars and policy makers from international organizations, and the chapters include understudied cases from Africa, Latin America, Eastern Europe, and Asia."--Publisher description.
0230001467 (cloth)
2006043245
Information technology--Developing countries
Communication in economic development
HC59.72.I55 / N49 2006
303.48/33091724