San-yirl, NAM

Promoting Innovative Development in the Asia -Pacific Region Through the Internet Economy - Seoul Korea Institute for International Economic Policy 2014 - 62p.

The objective of this study is to highlight and analyze the economic benefits ICT development or the Internet economy will offer as a new source of economic growth, promoting innovative development in the Asia-Pacific region. This study begins by briefing the activities of APEC and the APEC Telecommunications and Information Working Group and then overviews the current state of ICT development in the APEC member economies based on the ICT Development Index (IDI) published by ITU, analyzes the potential benefits of further ICT development in terms of economic growth, or in some sense, productivity growth, and finally presents implications and suggestions for ICT development or the Internet economy to facilitate economic growth of the Asia-Pacific region. [From Abstract]

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ICT
APEC
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
Development
Sri Lanka


Economics

SAN / ECO 330.341