 Postscript: a Note on Globalization, Information Technology and World InequalityJeffrey James
Chapter 9 in Globalization, Information Technology and Development, 1999, pp 155-160 from Palgrave Macmillan Abstract: Abstract Most of the previous chapters have been concerned with the mechanisms through which information technologies have influenced the pattern of globalization between — and to a lesser extent within — developing countries. In this brief note we try to ‘complete’ the picture, by considering how those same mechanisms influence the extent to which the benefits of the globalization thus induced, accrue to developed rather than developing countries. For, whereas our basic conceptual framework rests heavily on the technological relationship between developed and developing countries, we have thus far made no attempt to analyse this relationship or to determine whether in practice it conforms to what we would expect. In particular, the essence of that framework is that the distributional effects of information technology need to be understood in relation to the fact that such technology is generated in and for the circumstances prevailing in the developed rather than the developing countries. Keywords: Information Technology; Adoption Rate; Previous Chapter; Human Development Report; Cellular User (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-37743-1_9 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Palgrave Macmillan Books from Palgrave Macmillan |
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