Do Poor Countries Really Need More IT? : The Role of Relative Prices and Industrial Composition

Conventional wisdom suggests too little information and communication technologies (ICT) in poor countries. Indeed, within 70 countries at various levels of development, there is a positive relationship between income per capita and the capital sha...

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Main Authors:	Eden, Maya, Gaggl, Paul
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	FINANCIAL SERVICES SOFTWARE INVESTMENT EQUIPMENT COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES PRODUCTION LAGS TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT STOCK TELECOMMUNICATION INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY STRUCTURAL CHANGE INCOME INTEREST RATE REAL GDP NEXT GENERATION GDP PER CAPITA INFORMATION ELASTICITY ASSET MARGINAL PRODUCT SUBSCRIPTIONS OPTIMIZATION VARIABLES CONTENT PRICE REAL INCOME INPUTS RETAIL TRADE PAYMENTS TRENDS COMPUTER OPEN ACCESS HARDWARE KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT NEW TECHNOLOGIES COMMUNICATIONS DATA LIMITATIONS DATA MARGINAL PRODUCTS INVESTMENT SPENDING INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DATA COMMUNICATION COMPUTERS TELECOMMUNICATIONS DOCUMENT INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY PRODUCTIVITY MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENTS INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON VENDOR WEB COMMUNICATION SERVICES RESEARCH ACCUMULATION ELASTICITY OF SUBSTITUTION DIVIDENDS INFORMATION COMMUNICATION NATURAL RESOURCES DATABASES INVENTORY BROADBAND ECONOMIC RESEARCH MANUFACTURING USERS PHONE TECHNOLOGY RD PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH VALUE ADDED CAPITAL WEB HOSTING COMPUTER HARDWARE SOFTWARE RESULTS PCS DESCRIPTION VALUE BENCHMARKING REPAIR MACROECONOMICS CUSTOM INDEX AGRICULTURE INDEXES SOCIAL SCIENCE URL MEASUREMENT SHARES AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS PAPER DOCUMENTS BENCHMARK INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION OUTPUT PER CAPITA PRODUCTION FUNCTION CASE INTERNET RESULT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TRADE ICT GDP GOODS LICENSES GROWTH RATE BUSINESS INVESTMENT NETWORK MACROECONOMIC ANALYSIS ID SHARE COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE SUBSCRIPTION TELECOM AFFILIATED MISSING VALUES STANDARD WEBSITE COMMUNICATION SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT NEW TECHNOLOGY PRICE INDEXES DATABASE CAPITAL INVESTMENT COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES PRICES USES DEVELOPMENT POLICY
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