ICTs and the possibilities for leapfrogging by developing countries.

Though the digital divide appears to reproduce existing patterns of inequality regarding ICTs, some developing countries have narrowed the economic divide, through export-oriented production of ICTs. Certain ICT features seem to support a strategy of “technological leapfrogging” which successfully...

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Published in:	International Labour Review Vol. 140; no. 2; pp. 193 - 211
Main Author:	Steinmueller, W. Edward
Format:	Article
Published:	Wiley-Blackwell 2001/2002
Subjects:	Digital divide Technology transfer Developing countries Information technology
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost