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Reconceptualizing development in the global information age

"This book proposes a new concept of what development consists of in our global information age. It analyzes the conditions of economic development and human development under the conditions of the new globalized world. It describes how the development models become more linked with the capacity to innovate, to invest in human capital, and to reform the industrial structures -- all behind productivity, competitiveness, and economic growth in our information age. At the same time, the book analyzes how the forms of human development also have to reform: from the industrial welfare state to the new wellbeing society of the information age. In order to form a virtuous circle between this new type of economic development and human development, ecological sustainability has to be included as the basis -- all of these linked together with a sustainable cultural link. Ultimately, the book proposes the new concept of "dignity as development," that is, dignity as the final goal of development."--Provided by publisher.

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