Knowledge Economy and Sustainable Economic Development - A critical review

of: Thanh Tuyen Nguyen

Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co.KG, 2010

ISBN: 9783598441578 , 392 Pages

Format: PDF, Read online

Copy protection: DRM

Contents: 8
Figures and Tables: 14
Acknowledgements: 16
Chapter 1. The Thachsanh connection: 18
Chapter 2. The global economy: Perspectives on the exchange of knowledge for material: 36
Chapter 3. Knowledge economy for sustainable development: reality or utopia?: 58
Chapter 4. The cultural context of Vietnam: 76
Chapter 5. Policy achievements and challenges: 94
Chapter 6. Vietnam and the knowledge economy: 120
Chapter 7. Identifying key issues: 134
Chapter 8. Rural Vietnam: 146
Chapter 9. Indigenous Knowledge: 158
Chapter 10. ICT Nonusers: 168
Chapter 11. Intensive ICT users: 178
Chapter 12. Virtual worlds: 198
Chapter 13. The Vietnamese ICT industry: 208
Chapter 14. Sustainable development or permanent scarcity?: 236
Chapter 15. The exchange of mind for mass: 256
Chapter 16. Metatypes for knowledge promotion and the enhancement of domestic value: 272
Chapter 17. Conclusions and guidelines for policy: Seeking Thachsanh’s inexhaustible rice bowl in the 21st century: 290
Appendices: 302
References: 352
Index of Names: 382
Subject Index: 386

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