Globalization, Information Technology and Development [Hardcover]

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.List of Tables List of Figures Acknowledgements Information Technology and Globalization PART 1: INTERNATIONAL DIMENSIONS Differential Access to Communications Technologies Industrial Information Technologies and Comparative Advantage in International Trade International Trade and Foreign Investment in Information Technologies Information Technology and Foreign Direct Investment Conclusions PART 2: NATIONAL DIMENSIONS Globalization, Information Technology and National Inequalities in Developing Countries New Technologies, Employment and Labour Markets in Developing Countries Postscript: A Note on Globalization, Information Technology and World Inequality IndexJeffrey James is Professor of Development Economics at Tilburg University, The Netherlands.