pt. 1. An overview: Overview / Üner Kirdar -- pt. 2. Global perspectives: How to humanize the digital age / Üner Kirdar ; The new economy and growth in the G-7 countries : lessons for emerging market economies / Dominick Salvatore ; From entrepreneurial perspectives : impacts of the information revolution / Richard Colombo ; Digital revolution : opportunity or a new divide? / Sarbuland Khan ; The importance of information and communication technology to South-South co-operation / Yiping Zhou -- pt. 3. Lessons from country experiences: The transformation of the Irish economy : the role of the information and communications technology industry and its social and economic impact / Michael Shiel ; The humanization of the information age : the Spanish case / Roger Bell ; Information revolution and the promise of development for India / Falguni K. Sen ; Material, social and spiritual capital : views on different forms of capital accumulation in current Chinese society / John Zhuang Yang ; The impact of information revolution : Turkey's saga / Faruk Eczactbaýt.

[xi], 144 p. : map, tables ; 24 cm.

This book is the result of a shared undertaking by: ESADE Business School, Barcelona; Fordham University, New York City's Jesuit University; Kadir Has University, Istanbul; UN Global Alliance for Information and Communication Technologies for Development; UNDP South-South Co-operation Unit.
Based on the edited and updated versions of papers submitted to the conference "Impact of the Information Revolution on Global Development: How to Humanize the Digital Age," held May 2-3, 2006 at Kadir Has University, Istanbul, sponsored by Fordham University and Kadir Has University.
Includes bibliographical references.

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