TY  - BOOK
AU  - D'Costa,Anthony P.
TI  - The new economy in development: ICT challenges and opportunities 
T2  - Technology, globalization and development
SN  - 0230001467 (cloth)
AV  - HC59.72.I55 N49 2006
U1  - 303.48/33091724 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - New York
PB  - Palgrave Macmillan
KW  - Information technology
KW  - Developing countries
KW  - Communication in economic development
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1; Introduction : charting a new development trajectory?; Anthony P. D'Costa --; 2; Theoretical and conceptual foundations of total factor productivity measurement in services : looking back and ahead; Birgitte Andersen and Marva E. Corley --; 3; Emergent regime formation for the information society and the impact on Africa; Derrick L. Cogburn --; 4; The Internet and economic growth in LDCs : a case of managing expectations?; Charles Kenny --; 5; Can ICT make a difference in the development of transition economies?; Marcin Piatkowski --; 6; ICT initiatives in India : lessons for broad-based development; P. D. Kaushik --; 7; The software and information services sector in Argentina : the pros and cons of an inward-oriented development strategy; Daniel Chudnovsky and Andres Lopez --; 8; ICT opportunities and challenges for development in the Arab region; Samia Satti O. M. Nour --; 9; Impact of technology on competitiveness : a case study of Indian small auto component units; T. A. Bhavani --; 10; How to solve the 'hotmail problem' : global-local interfaces and filipino technopreneurs; Czarina Saloma-Akpedonu
N2  - "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
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0634/2006043245-b.html
ER  -