ICTs diffusion trajectories and economic development – an empirical evidence for 46 developing countries
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Keywords
ICTs; diffusion; economic development; developing countries; S-shaped curve;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- O10 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - General
- O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
- O57 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Comparative Studies of Countries
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-ICT-2013-10-11 (Information and Communication Technologies)
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