The role of telecommunications in economic growth

Proposal for an alternative framework of analysis

Bibliographic Data

ID11267347
AuthorsAli Riaz (0000-0001-8185-9316, BBC WORLD SERVICE, BENGALI SECTION, LONDON, corresponding author)
Year1997
Volume19
Issue4
Pages557-583
Publication date1997-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueMedia Culture & Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0163-4437 • E-ISSN: 1460-3675
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/016344397019004004
OpenAlexW2059785769
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited18

This article reviews the literature on the relationship between telecommunications and economic growth and argues that its weakness is its technocratic perspective. It then goes on to argue for an approach that does not view telecommunications as an exogenous driver of economic development, but which assesses the relationship between telecommunications and economic growth within the broader framework of global economic transformation and the location of the specific country within the matrix of a world capitalist system. This approach is then exemplified by a study of Singapore and the stages through which its telecommunications and economic development has passed over the last 30 years

Business · Classical economics · Economic analysis · Economic system · Economic transformation · Economics · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Politics · Technocracy · Telecommunications · Computer Science · Digital Platforms and Economics · Engineering · ICT Impact and Policies

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