-economic paradigms or regimes. ICT-based technologies are the drivers of the current paradigm, which, we show, is still at an early stage …

infrastructure, which would allow for adoption, diffusion, and productive use of information and communication technologies (ICT … harnessing the potential of ICT to accelerate the long-term economic growth and catching-up with developed countries. In the NEI …

, background information on the telecommunication sector in Namibia is given. Then, the link between the ICT sector and GDP growth …

ICT investment and economic growth in the period 1985-99 for a sample of 42 countries for which ICT spending data are … much in ICT. The second reason is that even if they have done so, they may not have invested enough in complementary … infrastructure, like education and skills, in order to reap the benefits from ICT investment. Technology by itself is not a solution …

This paper tests the impact of ICT on economic growth for underdeveloped and developing countries by using a panel … dataset for the period of 1995-2006. We first develop the theory between ICT and economic growth. We show that ICT-capital has …. Next, we estimate a panel data set with 131 underdeveloped and developing countries under the assumption that ICT is one of …

The rapid development and diffusion of the information and communications technology (ICT) is the major driving force … of the New Economy. While there is ample evidence to suggest that the ICT industry has contributed a great deal to the … unemployment that may result from ICT’s displacement effect is a major concern faced by the developing countries in their adoption …