Summary |
The contents of the book includes
Section 1 Towards sustainable economic development
Chapter 1 Why the already difficult task of identifying sources of growth has become even more challenging?
Chapter 2 Some philosophical reflections of foundations of sustainable social development
Chapter 3 Lessons for development economists from the shanghai experience, 1842-2008
Section 2 Natural resources
Chapter 4 Natural resources accounting for sustainable development: approaches and some applications
Chapter 5 Re-conceptualising the technology-development nexus: linking water, energy, people and governance in India
Section 3 Saving and investment
Chapter 6 The influences of savings and investments on sustainable development and the role of information technology
Chapter 7 Developing the financial infrastructure in an emerging market economy: the role of credit rating agencies
Chapter 8 Does financial liberalization and trade openness promote growth in south Asia
Chapter 9 Changing contours of Indian investment abroad: evolution, diagnosis and public policy
Section 4 Information and communication technologies
Chapter 10 Does information and communication technologies sustain economic growth? The underdeveloped and developing countries case
Chapter 11 An empirical analysis of indices and factors of ICT use by small- and medium sized enterprises in Japan
Chapter 12 Telecommunications capital intensity and aggregate production efficiency: a meta-frontier analysis
Chapter 13 Evaluating the internal capabilities and external linkages of the Philippine IT-enabled services (ITES) industry
Section 5 Knowledge society transformation and digital divide
Chapter 14 The potentials and pitfalls of the information society project in turkey: A critical assessment of policy paradigms regarding E-Transformation and digital divide
Chapter 15 Sustainable development and the digital divide among OIC countries: towards a collaborative digital approach
Chapter 16 Regional innovation strategies: Europe and turkey
Chapter 17 governance-based regional development and E-government: the Turkish case
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