01867cas a2200253 a 4500 AALejournalIMF002252 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451843286 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Lee, Il. Information Technology and Productivity Growth in Asia / Il Lee, Yougesh Khatri. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2003. 1 online resource (16 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students The contribution of the information and communication technology (ICT) sector to growth in Asian economies is clearly evident from the expenditure side (net exports) and became particularly significant in the second half of the 1990s. This paper employs an extension of the standard growth accounting framework, using estimates of stock of ICT capital (hardware, software, and telecommunications equipment), to estimate the direct contributions to growth. The contribution of ICT to growth in Asia during the 1990s is found to be mainly from capital deepening. Total factor productivity (TFP) is also decomposed (using the dual-or revenue-based-approach) into the contributions of non-ICT capital stock, ICT capital stock, and labor. TFP growth is found to be relatively small in most Asian countries. Mode of access: Internet Khatri, Yougesh. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2003/015 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2003/015/001.2003.issue-015-en.xml IMF e-Library