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Introduction

In: New Perspectives on Current Development Policy

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  • Jeffrey James

    (Tilburg University)

Abstract

This chapter is about improvements in policy-making in a number of major areas of development. These areas have to do with the COVID-19 pandemic in developing countries; digital divide reversal and the tendency for those in developing countries to spend more time in general on the Internet than those living in the rich world; the fact that the former group tends to spend more time on entertainment than development issues compared to the latter; sub-Saharan Africa and regional and country comparisons according to the determinants of Internet connectivity; the isolation of outliers and an explanation of why India has been so dominant in the market for new low-cost smart feature phones; and the welfare implications of time spent on the Internet by rich and poor countries and the way that such time is spent in the two regions. What is common to the issues is that they are highly topical, and affect a wide swathe of those living in developing countries. They have also often received scant attention in the literature, and the prevailing policy response to them has generally been passive and inadequate.

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  • Jeffrey James, 2021. "Introduction," SpringerBriefs in Economics, in: New Perspectives on Current Development Policy, chapter 0, pages 1-7, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:spbchp:978-3-030-88497-0_1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-88497-0_1
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