The Global Opportunity in IT-Based Services: Assessing and Enhancing Country Competitiveness

Randeep Sudan, Seth Ayers, Philippe Dongier, Arturo Muente-Kunigami and Christine Zhen-Wei Qiang

No 2439 in World Bank Publications - Books from The World Bank Group

Abstract: This book aims to help policy makers take advantage of the opportunities presented by increased cross-border trade in information technology (IT) services and IT-enabled services (ITES). It begins by defining the two industries and estimating the potential global market opportunities for trade in each. Then it discusses economic and other benefits for countries that succeed in these areas, along with factors crucial to the competitiveness of a country or location, including skills, cost advantages, infrastructure, and a hospitable business environment, and examines the potential competitiveness of small countries and of least developed countries specifically. The volume also discusses policy options for enabling growth in the IT services and ITES industries. Appendix A introduces the Location Readiness Index (LRI), a modeling tool to help countries assess their IT and ITES industries. Finally, appendix B presents an analysis of the IT and ITES industries in Indonesia and Kenya as an illustrative application of the LRI.

Keywords: Information; and; Communication; Technologies-ICT; Policy; and; Strategies; Technology; Industry; Private; Sector; Development-E-Business; Finance; and; Financial; Sector; Development-Banks; &; Banking; Reform; Environment-Environmental; Economics; &; Policies; Industry; Information; and; Communication; Technologies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
ISBN: 978-0-8213-8192-2
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