— Developing states with limited regulatory capacity might benefit from a responsive approach to regulation. Responsive regulation is a democratic ideal, incorporating notions of deliberative democracy and restorative justice. Responsive regulation conducted by regulatory networks of governmental and non-governmental actors allows for networking around capacity deficits. NGOs play a vital role ...

The emergence of information technology (IT) projects for developing economies is becoming a trend, as developing economies are striving to achieve modernization and industrialization. The IT project environment in developing economies is complex and susceptible to the economies' unique social, cultural, political, and financial contexts. This study proposes a framework for identifying the risk...

This entry reviews planning models as applied to developing countries. Aggregative, sectoral and project appraisal techniques are discussed. It is seen that while there was signi…cant progress in the post-war period in devising sophisticated techniques, the ascendancy of market friendly reforms in the recent era has emphaized the use of dynamic and computable general equilibrium models. Many of...

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Over the past decade the economies of East Asia and APEC more generally have been increasinglyopening up their markets, and in the process have achieved significant gains in exports and economicgrowth. In conjunction with this increased economic integration, there has been increased recognitionby regional governments of the potential for a substantial increase in the participation by smallbusin...

In spite of the rapid growth many developing and emerging economies are experiencing, with much of this growth supported by information technology (IT), published research dealing with IT in developing economies is still very limited. The objective of this paper is to direct attention to this apparent gap and provide an overview of the issues related to information systems (IS) and IT specifica...