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Digital technology and productivity of informal enterprises: Empirical evidence from NigeriaThe lingering policy dilemma facing many governments in sub-Saharan Africa in recent years is what can be done in the short to medium term to boost the output and incomes of individuals and enterprises in the informal sector, given the size and persi...
Information technology Informal sector ProductivityWorking Paper
Comparing the development of agricultural technology and information technology in rural VietnamThis paper presents a descriptive analysis on the ownership of different types of technology—both agricultural machinery and information technology—within households in rural areas of Vietnam...
Agriculture Households Information technologyBlog
Institutions and Impact – Some Reflections on the UNU-WIDER Method
I have spent much of the last two years on behalf of UNU-WIDER engaged in thinking about these two issues, but only on this current trip to Toronto, to interview Professor Gerry Helleiner with my colleague Annett Victorero, have I seen that instituti...
Economic policy Information technology Institutional economicsBlog
Telling the Truth about Information Communication Technology (ICT) and Development…: It just happens to be an Inconvenient Truth
22 August 2013 Han Ei Chew I am compelled to let a rattling skeleton out of the closet of ICT and development...
Information technology Technological innovationsBlog
Imperfect Data Increases Uncertainty
9 May 2013 Carl-Gustav Lindén The world is a complex place where risk and uncertainty are an everyday challenge...
Climate change Economic assistance and foreign aid Information technologyBlog
Who Captures Value in Global Supply Chains?: The Case of Nokia's N95 SmartphoneJyrki Ali-Yrkkö, Petri Rouvinen, Timo Seppälä, Pekka Ylä-Anttila Available statistics biases the true picture of the current stage of globalization, which is characterized by widespread outsourcing and offshoring...
Accounting Globalization Industrial managementJournal Article
China’s Exports in Information Communication Technology and Its Impact on Asian CountriesPart of Journal Special Issue Southern Growth Engines and Technology Giants
Competition Information technology International tradeBook Chapter
Overcoming Adversity in Entrepreneurship-led Growth: Evidence from the Indian Software SectorFrom the book: Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Economic Development
Economic development Industrial organization (Economic theory) Information technologyWorking Paper
Economic Adversity and Entrepreneurship-led Growth: Lessons from the Indian Software SectorIt is commonly believed that the business environment in developing countries does not allow productive technology-based entrepreneurship to flourish...
Economic development Industrial organization (Economic theory) Information technologyWorking Paper
Developing and Harnessing Software Technology in the South: The Roles of China, India, Brazil, and South AfricaSoftware technology is gaining prominence in national information technology (IT) strategies due to its huge potential for socioeconomic development, particularly through the support it provides in the productive sectors of the economy, delivery of p...
Business networks Computer software Information technologyWorking Paper
China’s Exports in ICT and its Impact on Asian CountriesThis paper analyses China’s ICT exports growth in its two major markets Japan and the US from 1992 to 2004. It focuses on ICT products classified in SITC 75, 76 and 77...
Competition Information technology International tradeBook Chapter
The International Mobility of Technical Talent: Trends and Development ImplicationsFrom the book: The International Mobility of Talent
Computer software Education Emigration and immigrationBook Chapter
The International Mobility of Entrepreneurs and Regional Upgrading in India and ChinaFrom the book: The International Mobility of Talent
Entrepreneurship Information technology Labour mobilityWorking Paper
The International Mobility of Technical Talent: Trends and Development ImplicationsThis paper charts the complex dynamics of the movement of technical talent in the world economy and assesses broadly the impact of such mobility on both sending and receiving countries...
Computer software Education Emigration and immigrationWorking Paper
International Mobility of Engineers and the Rise of Entrepreneurship in the PeripheryBy 2000, over one-third of Silicon Valley’s high-skilled workers were foreign-born, and overwhelmingly from Asia...
Entrepreneurship Information technology Labour mobilityBook
New Economy in Development: ICT Opportunities and ChallengesWithin the last three decades, industrialization, and manufacturing in particular, has decreased in importance as the principal driver of economic growth and development in the world economy...
Industrialization Information technology Manufacturing