Technology, globalization and poverty [electronic resource] /
Jeffrey James.
- Cheltenham, U.K. ; Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar, c2002.
- 1 online resource (x, 147 p.) : ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. Conceptualizing the influence of information technology on globalization -- pt. 2. Pro-poor modes of technical integration into the global economy -- pt. 3. Technology policy in Sub-Saharan Africa.
This significant book presents an original examination of the theoretical and empirical interactions between globalization, technology and poverty. Jeffrey James studies the effect of information technology on patterns of globalization and explores how such patterns can be altered to reduce the growing global divide between rich and poor nations.