Information Technology Policy and the Digital Divide

Edited by Mitsuhiro Kagami, Masatsugu Tsuji and Emanuele Giovannetti

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Abstract: The proliferation of new information technologies throughout the world has raised some important questions for policymakers as to how developing countries can benefit from their diffusion. This important volume compares the advantages and disadvantages of the IT revolution through detailed studies of a variety of developed and developing nations and regions: Argentina, Estonia, the EU, India, Japan, Korea, Mexico, South Africa, Thailand and the USA.

Keywords: Development Studies; Economics and Finance; Innovations and Technology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
ISBN: 9781843764137
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Introduction

Mitsuhiro Kagami, Masatsugu Tsuji and Emanuele Giovannetti

Ch 2 Beyond the IT Revolution: The Japanese Broadband Strategy

Masatsugu Tsuji

Ch 3 Internet Upstream Connectivity and Competition Policy: Western Europe and Southern Africa

Emanuele Giovannetti

Ch 4 IT Policies and Issues: US and the Americas

Andrew B. Whinston

Ch 5 Software in India: Development Implications of Globalization and the International Division of Labour

Paul Kattuman and Arnab Bhattacharjee

Ch 6 Jumping up to the Internet-based Society: Lessons from South Korea

Yasushi Ueki

Ch 7 Information Technology: Some Implications for Thailand

Chanin Mephokee

Ch 8 Information Policy and Information Technology in Central and Eastern Europe with Emphasis on Estonia

Tanga McDaniel

Ch 9 Internet and Telecommunications Outlook in Latin America

Andrew B. Whinston and Soon-Yong Choi

Ch 10 Policies for Internet Access: Cases of Mexico and Argentina

Soon-Yong Choi

Ch 11 Tipping, Standardization and Convergence: Catch-up and Failure in Japan's Standards Strategy

Mitsuhiro Kagami

Ch 12 Is the Japanese Press a Dinosaur in the 21st Century?: The IT Revolution and Newspapers in Japan

Kojiro Shiraishi

Ch 13 PKI Solutions for Trusted E-Commerce: Survey of the De Facto Standard Competition in PKI Industries

Atsuho Maeda

Ch 14 The Interconnection and Pricing of the Internet

Takanori Ida and Masashi Ueda

Ch 15 Conclusion

Mitsuhiro Kagami, Masatsugu Tsuji and Emanuele Giovannetti

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