Knowledge Economy and Sustainable Economic Development : : A critical review / / Thanh Tuyen Nguyen.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
• VerfasserIn: Nguyen, Thanh Tuyen,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : K. G. Saur, , [2010]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Series: Knowledge and Information : Studies in Information Science ,
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (375 p.) :; Num. figs. and tabs.
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Figures and Tables --; Acknowledgements --; Chapter 1. The Thachsanh connection --; Chapter 2. The global economy: Perspectives on the exchange of knowledge for material --; Chapter 3. Knowledge economy for sustainable development: reality or utopia? --; Chapter 4. The cultural context of Vietnam --; Chapter 5. Policy achievements and challenges --; Chapter 6. Vietnam and the knowledge economy --; Chapter 7. Identifying key issues --; Chapter 8. Rural Vietnam --; Chapter 9. Indigenous Knowledge --; Chapter 10. ICT Nonusers --; Chapter 11. Intensive ICT users --; Chapter 12. Virtual worlds --; Chapter 13. The Vietnamese ICT industry --; Chapter 14. Sustainable development or permanent scarcity? --; Chapter 15. The exchange of mind for mass --; Chapter 16. Metatypes for knowledge promotion and the enhancement of domestic value --; Chapter 17. Conclusions and guidelines for policy: Seeking Thachsanh’s inexhaustible rice bowl in the 21st century --; Backmatter
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783598441578; 9783110238570; 9783110620979; 9783110620962; 9783110636246; 9783110233544; 9783110233551; 9783110233599
• ISSN: 1868-842X
• DOI: 10.1515/9783598441578
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Thanh Tuyen Nguyen.

In this book, the author focuses on the intersection of two major bodies of policy and practice: knowledge economy and ICTs on one hand, and sustainable economic development on the other. It aims to provide a broad-ranging account of the social and economic terrain demarcated by this intersection in order to reach conclusions and offer guidelines for policy development. Although based on the case of a developing country (Vietnam) its analyses, arguments and conclusions are of universal relevance. Key features comprehensive picture of a society from the perspective of knowledge for development Intersection of ICTs (Information and Communications Technology), knowledge, and sustainable economic development Can be used in courses of sociology, political economy, development economics, knowledge economics, information and telecommunication technology, sustainable development, and public administration.