The maldevelopments due to aid-tied growth-maximisation strategies of the past decades have led to cynicism, and sometimes downright opposition to aid donation by taxpayers in the industrialised countries. On the other hand, radicals in the developing countries view aid as a Trojan horse to...

This paper presents a comparative analysis of the Information Economy in Developed and Developing Economies using Australia and Papua New Guinea. The paper presents a methodology to extract the Information Economy from published Input-Output Statistics. It compares the potential of the...

The paper reviews the demands for New International Economic Order NIEO) by developing countries on the grounds that the present order and key international institutions such as IMF, World Bank, GATT still subserve the hegemonic interest of advanced countries. The proposals to establish a NIEO...

This paper reviews the interrelationships between the major forces of telecommunications technology and trade promoting growth in developing countries. The study uses a sample of 93 countries dichotomized in 43 developing and 50 advanced countries using the criterion of per capita income. The...

The paper presents a comparative analysis of the information economy as a function of the stage of development. Modified input-output techniques are used to compare the information economy of the developed and developing countries using multipliers, linkages and leakage effects. The empirical...

Australia's transfer of technology to developing countries (TTDC) is institutionally diffused, fragmented in intent, and ad hoc implementation. Nonetheless, policymakers are become increasingly sensitized to the need to transfer appropriate technology to to developing countries through its...

The concept of economic independence is measured for a sample of 15 Pacific island economies using a composite dependency score index based on six crucial dependency criteria (trade, aid, energy, fiscal autonomy) political stars). The Pacific island economies are ranked on the basis of the...