Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Bastos, Maria-Ines
Author-Workplace-Name: United Nations University, Institute for New Technologies
Author-Name: Steinmueller, Edward
Author-Workplace-Name: MERIT
Title: Information and Communication Technologies: Growth, Competitiveness, and Policy for Developing Nations
Abstract: This paper surveys what can be said in response to three major questions: What are
	 the contributions of ICTs to economic growth, how do ICTs influence
	 competitiveness, and what can public policy do to affect the contribution of ICTs
	 to growth and competitiveness? Current knowledge is limited, precluding definitive
	 conclusions, particularly in relation to the magnitude of effects that ICTs may
	 have over any relatively short time period, but recently available data on
	 international production and apparent consumption of electronics equipment are
	 explored. The conclusion is not optimistic: ICTs do not offer an immediate solution
	 to many of the problems developing countries face. At the same time, however,
	 developing countries cannot afford to ignore the role of ICTs in their plans for
	 industrialisation or for improving public infrastructure.
Keywords: ICT, Economic aspects, Developing Countries 
Series: Discussion Paper
Creation-Date: 1995
Number: 1995-11
File-URL: https://www.merit.unu.edu/publications/discussion-papers/9511.pdf
File-Format: application/pdf
File-Size: 103 Kb
Handle: RePEc:unm:unuint:199511