The link between ICT and economic growth in the discourse of development

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

Volumn 126, Issue , 2003, Pages 373-386

  Avgerou, Chrisanthi ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economic development; Economic growth; Economic policy; Economic theory; ICT and development

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PUBLIC POLICY;

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; ECONOMIC POLICIES; ECONOMIC THEORIES; ICT AND DEVELOPMENT;

ECONOMICS;

EID: 84904292600     PISSN: 18684238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-35695-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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