Using data from developing countries, this paper explores the nature and direction of the links between ICT diffusion and per capita income, trade and financial indicators, education, and freedom indicators. Internet hosts, Internet users, personal computers and mobile phones represent...

Begrüßung -- Einführung -- World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) -- Telekommunikation und wirtschaftliche Entwicklung: Politische Erfahrung und Herausforderung -- Technologiediffusion und globale Wissensvernetzung -- Technologie- und Wissensdiffusion als Heraufsorderung an die Player am...

The rapid spread of information and communication technologies may increase firms' productivity with important consequences for job creation and for economic growth. This article contributes to this discussion by analysing the impact of internet adoption on labour productivity and the mechanisms...