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World Institute for Development Economics Research

Number 1/2000
August 2000

World Institute for Development Economics Research

1. WIDER Lessons on IT
   
   
2. IT and Economic Growth
   by Matti Pohjola
   
   
   • Explaining the Productivity Paradox
     
   • IT in Developing Countries
     
   • Policy Priorities
     
   
   
3. The Weightless Developing Economy
   by Danny T. Quah
   
   
   • The Weightless Economy
     
   • Policies for a Weightless Economy
     
   • Lessons from Ancient China
     
   • Protecting the Incentive to Innovate
     
   
   
4. National IT Policies for Developing Countries
   by Jason Dedrick and Kennet L. Kraemer
   
   
   • IT Use
     
   • National IT Industries
     
   • National Capabilities
     
   • Promoting IT Use
     
   • Developing National IT Capabilities
     
   • Developing Capabilities
     
   
   
5. Making Information Accessible and Affordable for All
   by Veli-Pekka Niitamo
   
   
   • Mobile Telephony
     
   • China's Success
     
   • India and Venezuela
     
   • The Human Factor
     
   
   
6. UNU/WIDER Research on IT
   
   
   • Information Technology and Growth (1998 - 1999)
     
   • Production, Employment and Income Distribution in the Global Digital Economy (2000 - 2001)
     
   • Forthcoming Book on IT
     
   • Working Papers on IT
     
   
   
7. How Great is World Inequality?
   
   
   • Calculating the World Distribution
     
   • Why is World Inequality High and Rising?
     
   
   
8. New UNU/WIDER Web Site at www.wider.unu.edu
   
   
9. News and Events
   
   
   • WIDER 2000 Annual Lecture
     
   • Project Meetings 2000
     
   • Lecture Series
     
   • Forthcoming courses
     
   • Staff Movements
     
   • Announcement
     
   • 2000 Board Meeting
     
   
   
10. UNU/WIDER Publications
    
    
    

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