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Technology, globalization and poverty / Jeffrey James.
Lippincott Library HC59.72.P6 J36 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- James, Jeffrey.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Poverty--Developing countries.
- Poverty.
- Developing countries.
- Globalization--Economic aspects--Developing countries.
- Globalization.
- Globalization--Economic aspects.
- Technological innovations--Economic aspects--Developing countries.
- Technological innovations.
- Technological innovations--Economic aspects.
- Physical Description:
- x, 147 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, [2002]
- Contents:
- Part I Conceptualizing the Influence of Information Technology on Globalization
- 1 Information technology, transaction costs and globalization 11
- 2 Product proliferation, comparative advantage and developing countries (Appendix 2.1: Explaining vertical intra-industry trade between North and South: a techno-historical approach) 23
- 3 Information technology, cumulative causation and patterns of globalization in the Third World 53
- Part II Pro-Poor Modes of Technical Integration into the Global Economy
- 4 Pro-poor modes of technical integration into the global economy (Appendix 4.1: Grameen Telecom and the poor) 71
- 5 Bridging the digital divide by means of low-cost information technologies 95
- Part III Technology Policy in Sub-Saharan Africa
- 6 Aid reform in African industry: the technological dimension 111
- 7 Trait-making for labour-intensive technology in Sub-Saharan Africa 126.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references an index.
- ISBN:
- 1840644842
- OCLC:
- 47893731
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