Uneven and Combined Development: Understanding India’s Software Exports

D’Costa, Anthony P.

doi:10.1016/s0305-750x(02)00182-1

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“…For example, in the 1970s an Indian government research centre developed a telephone exchange that was considerably cheaper than those that the state-owned telephone company had been importing from the Unites States, and they were better suited in India's hot and humid climate (James, 2003). Investments in technical education also helped to fuel the explosive growth of India's multi-billion dollar software industry, which has created a new sector of middle class jobs and revolutionized life in many cities (D'Costa, 2003).…”

Section: Ict and Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

ICT or I see tea? Modernity, technology and education in Nepal

Shields

2011

Globalisation, Societies and Education

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The use of information and communications technology (ICT) for education in developing countries has been a subject of great interest and speculation, with its proponents arguing that ICT improves educational quality, develops critical thinking skills, expands access, increases economic competitiveness and facilitates inclusion in a rapidly expanding global information society. However, few of these claims have been verified from an empirical standpoint, leading to substantial criticism of the push to expand ICT. This article analyses how the global discourse on ICT in education has unfolded in Nepal, concentrating on educational policies on ICT and how these relate to a rather limited domain of practice. It argues that policies on ICT in education reveal an uneasy and fragmented engagement with the global discourse, while in practice its use is often innovative although so limited as to cause little substantive change. However, in both policy and practice the importance of ICT is more due its power as symbol of modernity and progress than any utilitarian value. KeywordsNepal, education, technology, ICT CorrespondenceSchool of Education, Bath Spa University, Newton St.-Loe, Bath BA2 9BD, United Kingdom Email: r.shields@bathspa.ac.uk BiographyRobin Shields' research investigates technology and information access in education and international development, with a regional specialisation in South Asia. He is a lecturer in education at Bath Spa University.

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Section: Ict and Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

ICT or I see tea? Modernity, technology and education in Nepal

Shields

2011

Globalisation, Societies and Education

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“…Emigration of the highly skilled could lower productivity and lower economic growth, if the ratio of expatriate skilled population to the stock of sending country is very high. Related, there could be increasing inequality as wages for those who remain in skill-demanding sectors rise relative to the less skill-demanding sectors (Lowell and Findlay 2001: 7;D'Costa 2003aD'Costa , 2003c). …”

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confidence: 99%

3 The International Mobility of Technical Talent: Trends and Development Implications

D’Costa¹

2008

The International Mobility of Talent

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in AbstractThis paper charts the complex dynamics of the movement of technical talent in the world economy and assesses broadly the impact of such mobility on both sending and receiving countries. Based on secondary data and primary information from the Indian and Japanese IT industry, the study presents a global view of the movement of talent and its development and policy implications. By synthesizing disparate data and the multifaceted processes and outcomes of international mobility, the paper examines some of the distributional issues of gains and losses in both sending and receiving countries.

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“…The growth has been good for the economy though not without contention. The clustering of the industry has not only polarised rural India but also generated regional imbalances and uneven development (D'Costa, 2003).…”

Section: The Ict Sector In Indiamentioning

confidence: 99%