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Financial Development, the Structure of Capital Markets, and the Global Digital Divide
Yartey, Charles Amo - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006
information communication technology (ICT). Using panel data for 76 emerging and advanced countries for the period 1990-2003, the …
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Euro Area Policies; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2004
This Selected Issues paper on Euro Area Policies underlies global rebalancing of accounts. From a growth-accounting perspective, slower growth in the capital-labor ratio seems to be the main driver behind the deceleration in labor productivity. The increase in bilateral trade was accompanied by...
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United States; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2004
This Selected Issues paper examines the role of information and communication technology (ICT) in the recent acceleration of labor productivity growth in the United States. The analysis reveals that the increase of total factor productivity (TFP) growth is a broad phenomenon that encompasses...
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You Say You Want a Revolution; Information Technology and Growth
Morsink, James; Haacker, Markus - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2002
The information technology (IT) revolution has arrived, but how much will it change the world? It has been established that IT is contributing to labor productivity growth through both increases in the levels of IT capital per worker and total factor productivity (TFP) growth in the production...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005769153
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Digital Divide in Estonia and How To Bridge It
Kalkun, Mari; Kalvet, Tarmo - EconWPA - 2004
Estonian adult population does not use the Internet. The analysis, carried out by the research company Emor and PRAXIS Center … for Policy Studies, looked thoroughly at the reasons and motivation for not using the Internet of this particular … one third of the current non-users understand the opportunities offered by the Internet and want to take advantage of them …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005407742
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Internet für alle? Die Diskussion des »digital divide« revisited
Krings, Bettina; Riehm, Ulrich - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
Die Diskussion um das digital divide oder die digitale Spaltung, wie sie für den deutschsprachigen Raum übersetzt wird, wird nun schon seit nahezu zehn Jahren intensiv geführt.1 Vor allem im Rahmen der politischen Diskussion hat sich das Bedrohungsszenario einer digitalen Spaltung innerhalb...
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The Digital Divide
Piazolo, Daniel - In: CESifo Forum 2 (2001) 3, pp. 29-34
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THE KEY ROLE OF INTERNET IN THE AGE OF A NEW ECONOMY
Razvan, SERBU - In: Revista Economica 60.1 (2012) 1, pp. 59-72
Internet proves to be, at the present time, the most variable means of communication that allows any person to have … order to make their products and services known. The Internet has redraw how businesses operate and has changed the way … people work, with both Internet hardware and software prices dropping to such a level that fast Web access is not only …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010859655
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Northern Star; Canada's Path to Economic Prosperity
Klyuev, Vladimir; Mühleisen, Martin; Bayoumi, Tamim - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2007
Robust GDP growth, declining unemployment, low and stable inflation, and a string of fiscal and current account surpluses -- it's a record to be envied. These outcomes in Canada owe much to sound macroeconomic policies, as well as to a favorable external environment. This book focuses on these...
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THE ROLE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF LEISURE SERVICES
MITRACHE, Ana-Maria-Viorica; NECEA, Madalina-Gabriela - In: Business Excellence and Management 3 (2013) 2, pp. 43-60
activities, disclosing both their benefits and drawbacks. Furthermore, the study explores the computers and internet, as vital …
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