Information Technology, Productivity, and Economic Growth: International Evidence and Implications for Economic Development

by Matti Pohjola (Editor)

Overview

The contributors argue that no country can achieve development without government investment in, and promotion of, IT. The use of IT - and not necessarily its production - is what matters for economic development. economic development.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199243983
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	06/21/2001
Series:	WIDER Studies in Development Economics
Pages:	302
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Matti Pohjola is Principal Academic Officer at the World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER), United Nations University, and Professor of Economics at Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration, Finland

Table of Contents

1. Information Technology and Economic Growth: Introduction and Conclusions, Matti PohjolaTechnology and Economic Growth2. The Roles of Knowledge and Capital in Economic Growth, Sergio Rebelo3. International R&D Spillovers and Economic Growth, Pierre Mohnen4. The Weightless Economy in Economic Development, Danny QuahMicroeconomic Evidence5. Computers and Labour Markets: International Evidence, Francis Kramarz6. Information Technology and Research and Development Impacts on Productivity and Skills: Looking for Correlations on French Firm-Level Data, Nathalies Greenan, Jacques Mairesse, and Agnès Topiol-Bensaid7. The Determinants of the Adoption of Information Technology: A Case Study of the Indian Garments Industry, Kaushalesh LalMacroeconomic Evidence8. Computers and Economic Growth, Petri Niininen9. The Economic Impact of Information and Communication Technology in Korea, Kuk-Hwan Jeong, Jeong Hun Oh, and Ilsoon Shin10. The Contribution of Information Technology to the Rapid Economic Growth of Singapore, Poh Kam Wong11. Information Technology and Economic Growth: A Cross-Country Analysis, Matti Pohjola12. Information Technology and Economic Development: Results and Policy Implications of Cross-Country Studies, Kenneth L. Kraemer and Jason Dedrick

Editorial Reviews

"An important contribution to the ongoing debate on the economic impact of technological advances in the information and communication sectors ... In recent years, when the hype concerning the advent of the so-called 'new economy' was at its height, much has been said and written about the almost miraculous virtues of the ICT revolution. This book has the important merit of looking at the issue from a more balanced and informed perspective... highly welcome as an important contribution, from which everybody concerned with technological progress, economic growth and development will benefit."—Review of Political Economy

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