Industrial transformation or business as usual? Information and communication technologies and Africa's place in the global information economy;Transformation industrielle ou business as usual? Les technologies d'information et de la communication et la place de l'Afrique dans l'́conomie de l'information mondialiśe

Review of African Political Economy

Volumn 41, Issue 140, 2014, Pages 264-283

  Murphy, James T ^a   Carmody, Pádraig ^b   Surborg, Björn ^c  

^a Grad Sch Geogr George Perkins M   (United States)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME   (United States)

Author keywords

global information economy; industrial development; information and communication technologies; South Africa; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL ECONOMY; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; POWER RELATIONS; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE;

SOUTH AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 84899703875     PISSN: 03056244     EISSN: 17401720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03056244.2013.873024     Document Type: Article

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