TY - BOOK AU - Nguyen,Thanh Tuyen TI - Knowledge Economy and Sustainable Economic Development: A critical review T2 - Knowledge and Information : Studies in Information Science , SN - 9783598251818 AV - HD30.2 .N498 2010 U1 - 338.959707 22/ger PY - 2010///] CY - Berlin, Boston : PB - K. G. Saur, KW - Information technology KW - Economic aspects KW - Vietnam KW - Knowledge management KW - Sustainable development KW - Technological innovations KW - Informationsgesellschaft KW - Informationswissenschaft KW - Nachhaltige Entwicklung KW - Technologiepolitik KW - Wirtschaftspolitik KW - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Library & Information Science / General KW - bisacsh N1 - 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; restricted access; Issued also in print N2 - 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 UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9783598441578 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783598441578 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9783598441578/original ER -