Globalisation, ICT and developing nations : challenges in the information age

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Title:

Globalisation, ICT and developing nations : challenges in the information age

Author:

Roy, Sumit, 1948-

ISBN:

9780761933465

9780761933458

9788178294872

9788178294889

Personal Author:

Roy, Sumit, 1948-

Publication Information:

Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, 2005.

Physical Description:

245 p. ; 23 cm.

Contents:

Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Globalisation, international political economy and structural change -- Ch. 3. Globalisation, information and communications technology and development.

Abstract:

"Sumit Roy provides a comparative study of the political economies of East and South Asia (particularly India) and Africa which enables new analytical and policy insights into the linkages between globalisation and ICT." "With its original approach and fresh analytical and policy insights, this cogent and well argued book will be of interest to students and teachers of globalisation, economics, new media, development studies, politics and international relations. Policy makers, too - especially those in international aid agencies - NGOs and multilateral bodies will find it invaluable."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject Term:

Information technology -- Economic aspects -- Developing countries.

Telecommunication -- Economic aspects -- Developing countries.

Globalization -- Economic aspects -- Developing countries.

Electronic Access:

Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip054/2004028918.html

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`[This] book has an original approach and fresh analytical and policy insights, is cogent and well argued, therefore will be of interest to students and teachers of globalisation, economics, new media, development studies, politics and international relations′ - Business India

`The volume with its new approach and fresh analytical and policy insights will be helpful manual to scholars interested in globalisation and international relations. Copious notes and references at the end of each chapter add to its usefulness. The work addresses a wide range of readers, researchers, the media and those concerned with international political economy and development′ - World Affairs

This comparative study of the political economies of East and South Asia and Africa offers new analytical and policy insights into the links between globalization and information and communication technology (ICT).

The author explores the replacement of state institutions by non-state ones; analyzes the prospects of developing regions sharing the gains of globalization; and explains the relationship between new technology and development. He also demonstrates how new ICT policies can pave the way for innovations, increased production and rapid diffusions of ideas in technology.

Key features of Globalisation, ICT and Developing Nations are:

- it discusses the concepts and policies underscoring the shift from state to non-state institutions in furthering the impetus of globalisation and also its implications for development;

- it explores the scope of different developing regions to participate in globalisation based on camparision of their experiences of growth and development.

- it explores the ways in which policies on ICT can be both a challenge and a unique opportunity for paving the way to for development.

Sumit Roy is Senior Visiting Fellow at the Department of Economics, City University, London.