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The new economy in development : ICT challenges and opportunities / edited by Anthony P. D'Costa ; foreword by Matti Pohjola.

Contributor(s): D'Costa, Anthony P, 1957- [editor].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Technology, globalization and development: Publisher: Houndmills, Basingstoke ; New York : [Helsinki, Finland] : Palgrave Macmillan ; In Association with United Nations University and World Institute for Development Economics Research, 2006Description: xxiii, 235 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 9780230001466.Subject(s): INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY | DEVELOPING COUNTRIES | ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTOnline resources: Table of contents
Contents:
Introduction: charting a new development trajectory? / Anthony P.D'Costa -- Theoretical and conceptual foundations of total factor productivity measurement in services: looking back and ahead / Birgitte Andersen and Marva E. Corley -- Emergent regime formation for the information society and the impact on Africa / Derrick L. Cogburn -- The internet and economic growth in LDCs: a case of managing expectations? / Charles Kenny -- Can ICT make a difference in the development of transition economies? / Marcin Piatkowski -- ICT initiatives in India: lessons for broad-based development / P.D. Kaushik -- The software and information services sector in Argentina: the pros and cons of an inward-oriented development strategy / Daniel Chudnovsky and Andrés Lopéz -- ICT opportunities and challenges for development in the Arab region / Samia Satti O.M. Nour -- Impact of technology on competitiveness: a case study of Indian small auto component units / T.A. Bhavani -- How to solve the 'hotmail problem': global-local interfaces and Filipino technopreneurs / Czarina Saloma-Akpedonu.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: charting a new development trajectory? / Anthony P.D'Costa -- Theoretical and conceptual foundations of total factor productivity measurement in services: looking back and ahead / Birgitte Andersen and Marva E. Corley -- Emergent regime formation for the information society and the impact on Africa / Derrick L. Cogburn -- The internet and economic growth in LDCs: a case of managing expectations? / Charles Kenny -- Can ICT make a difference in the development of transition economies? / Marcin Piatkowski -- ICT initiatives in India: lessons for broad-based development / P.D. Kaushik -- The software and information services sector in Argentina: the pros and cons of an inward-oriented development strategy / Daniel Chudnovsky and Andrés Lopéz -- ICT opportunities and challenges for development in the Arab region / Samia Satti O.M. Nour -- Impact of technology on competitiveness: a case study of Indian small auto component units / T.A. Bhavani -- How to solve the 'hotmail problem': global-local interfaces and Filipino technopreneurs / Czarina Saloma-Akpedonu.

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