Globalization, Information Technology and Development

Jeffrey James develops the insights of the often separate literatures on globalization and information technology and demonstrates their interdependence. The central insight is that globalization is mainly a technological phenomenon, driven by influences exerted on international trade and foreign investment by various forms of information technology. Developing countries, however, are not sharing equally in the gains from globalization thus induced by the new technologies. These gains tend to be concentrated among a narrow group of relatively advanced countries and, moreover within some of those countries information technology appears to exacerbate existing income inequalities.

Author: J. James
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 02/24/1999
Pages: 163
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.82lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.56d
ISBN: 9780333729960

About the Author
Jeffrey James is Professor of Development Economics at Tilburg University, The Netherlands.

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