The Potential of ICT for the Development and Economic Restructuring of the New EU Member States and Candidate Countries

Piatkowski, Marcin (2005): The Potential of ICT for the Development and Economic Restructuring of the New EU Member States and Candidate Countries. Published in: European Commission Technical Report Series No. EUR 21589 EN (1 February 2005): pp. 1-57.

Abstract

ICT could help the New Member States catch up with EU-15 in economic terms. The report documents the potential of ICT for improved productivity performance in the Central and Eastern Europe countries (CEE) at the macro and industry level, in relation to the EU-15 and the US.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: productivity, information and communication technologies, convergence, Eastern Europe
• Subjects: O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O4 - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity > O47 - Empirical Studies of Economic Growth ; Aggregate Productivity ; Cross-Country Output Convergence

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