Globalization, Information Technology and Development

James, J.

Jeffrey James develops the insights of the often separate literatures on globalization and information technology and demonstrates their interdependence. The central insight is that globalization is mainly a technological phenomenon, driven by influences exerted on international trade and foreign investment by various forms of information technology. Developing countries, however, are not sharing equally in the gains from globalization thus induced by the new technologies. These gains tend to be concentrated among a narrow group of relatively advanced countries and, moreover within some of those countries information technology appears to exacerbate existing income inequalities.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 1999-02-24

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780333729960

DOI: 10.1057/9780230377431

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 163