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1 online resource (281 pages) |
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Routledge Studies in Development Economics |
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Routledge studies in development economics.
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Cover; Digital Interactions in Developing Countries: An economic perspective; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; International inequality and national poverty; Parts I and II: the digital divide and digital preparedness; Part III: leapfrogging, appropriate technology and poverty; Conclusions; Part I The digital divide; 2 From origins to implications: Key aspects in the debate over thedigital divide; The source of the digital divide; Adoption and diffusion of ITs in rich and poor countries; The impact of the digital divide; Bridging the digital divide; Conclusions |
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3 The digital divide across all citizens of the world: A new conceptReconceptualizing the digital divide; Change in Internet use and the size of the digital divide, 1998-2004; Weighting changes in the 'shrinking' digital divide; Examining the distribution of Internet use within countries; Conclusions; 4 Sharing mobile phones in developing countries: Implications for the digital divide; The digital divide; Concepts, explanations and measures of sharing; Empirical evidence; Conclusions; 5 From the relative to the absolute digital divide in developing countries |
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The relative versus absolute divideThe need for a refocus towards the absolute digital divide; The behaviour of the absolute divide over time; Conclusions; 6 Are changes in the digital divide consistent with global equality or inequality?; An analytical framework; Convergence versus divergence; Empirical evidence; Analysis; Conclusions; 7 Re-estimatingthe difficulty ofclosing the digital divide; Evolution and measurement of the concept of digital preparedness; Scope of the analysis; Multiplicative versus additive production functions in IT; The role of complementarities |
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Applications of the multiplicative approach in composite indicesConclusions and policy implications; 8 Digital divide complacency: Misconceptions and dangers; Digital divide complacency in the literature; Are poor countries really 'falling behind'?; Conclusions; Part II: Digital preparedness; 9 The ICT Development Index and the digital divide: How are they related?; A brief history of the concept; An analytical framework; Conclusions; 10 The neglect of productivity indicators in measuring digital preparedness; Digital preparedness indices; Conclusions |
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Part III: Leapfrogging, appropriateinformation technology andpoverty11 Evaluating latecomer growth in information technology: A historical perspective; The Internet; Mobile phones; Conclusions; Appendix: further calculations for Internet users; 12 Leapfrogging in mobile telephony: A measure for comparing countryperformance; Alternative measures of leapfrogging; The data set and results; Analysis; The role of second-tier NICs; Conclusions; 13 Information technology and the poor in developing countries; The poor as multiple selves; The framework; Mechanisms involving mobile phones |
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Mechanisms involving the Internet |
| Summary |
In this timely book, Jeffrey James undertakes a methodological critique of prominent topics in the debate surrounding IT and development. Challenging the existing literature by international and governmental institutions, the book looks not only at the digital divide but also at issues such as digital preparedness, leapfrogging and low-cost computers |
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Print version record |
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Digital divide -- Developing countries
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Information technology -- Economic aspects -- Developing countries
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Technological innovations -- Developing countries
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Technology -- Economic aspects -- Developing countries
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Computer Industry.
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Digital divide
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Information technology -- Economic aspects
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Technological innovations
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Technology -- Economic aspects
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Developing countries
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781136238468 |
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1136238468 |
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