The contribution of the information and communication technology (ICT) sector to growth in Asian economies is clearly … paper employs an extension of the standard growth accounting framework, using estimates of stock of ICT capital (hardware …, software, and telecommunications equipment), to estimate the direct contributions to growth. The contribution of ICT to growth …

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 of IT equipment. The main outstanding issue is whether IT is …

(ICT)? We analyze this question based on a growth accounting approach at the level of final output. This approach traces … productivity improvements not within sectors but within value chains. It allows judging in a better way to what extent more or … better products have become available to final users, in particular consumers, as a result of the diffusion of ICT. A main …