Table of Contents Preface.................................................................................................................................................. xv Volume I Section 1 Digital Divide and Information Access Chapter 1 TacklingtheDigitalDivide:TheShiftfromAccesstoCapacity........................................................... 1 Mark Liptrott, Edge Hill University, UK Chapter 2 TechnologiesforDigitalInclusion:GoodPracticesDealingwithDiversity........................................ 17 Jorge Morato, Carlos III University, Spain Alejandro Ruiz-Robles, University of Piura, Peru Sonia Sanchez-Cuadrado, Jot Internet Media, Spain Miguel Angel Marzal, Carlos III University, Spain Chapter 3 DigitalDivide,DataTrash,andtheCommodificationofInformation:Discoursesaroundthe DigitalDivide....................................................................................................................................... 38 Anusharani Sewchurran, University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa Chapter 4 WhytheInstitutionalAccessDigitalDivideMightBeMoreSignificantthantheHome BroadbandDivide................................................................................................................................. 61 Christopher McConnell, University of Texas at Austin, USA Joseph Straubhaar, University of Texas at Austin, USA Chapter 5 SociotechnicalandPedagogicalBarrierstoTechnologyIntegration................................................... 80 Nicholas Wilson, Boston University, USA   Chapter 6 TheChallengesofUsingZero-Rating(FreeBasics)forAddressingtheAffordabilityofICT AccessinDevelopingCountries........................................................................................................... 99 John N. Walubengo, Multimedia University of Kenya, Kenya Sam Takavarasha Jr, University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Chapter 7 AComparisonoftheDigitalDivideAcrossThreeCountrieswithDifferentDevelopment Indices................................................................................................................................................. 116 Younghoon Chang, Sunway University, Malaysia Hyerin Kim, University of Texas at Austin, USA Siew Fan Wong, Sunway University, Malaysia Myeong-Cheol Park, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea Chapter 8 AssessingRobustnessofAsianCountriesRanking:TheCaseofDigitalDivideIndex.................... 139 Nilanjana Chakrabarty, Assam University, India Dibyojyoti Bhattacharjee, Assam University, India Chapter 9 DigitalEquityandPolicy:CaseofKorea........................................................................................... 154 Seang-Tae Kim, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea Chapter 10 DigitalInclusionandPublicPoliciesinBrazil................................................................................... 173 Drica Guzzi, University of São Paulo, Brazil Chapter 11 AnEmpiricalNoteonHealthInformationDigitalDivide:AStudyofIndianPatients..................... 191 Ajeya Jha, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology, India Jaya Rani Pandey, Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology, India Chapter 12 ICTforDevelopmentinNigeria:TowardsanAlignmentWithICT4D2.0Goals............................. 213 Olumide B. Longe, Caleb University, Nigeria Adefolarin A. Bolaji, Purdue University, USA Richard Boateng, University of Ghana, Ghana Section 2 Economic Growth and Welfare Chapter 13 EconomicGrowth,LaborMarketSegmentation,andLaborProductivity:AStoryfrom Indonesia............................................................................................................................................. 225 Tulus T. H. Tambunan, Center for Industry, SME, and Business Competition Studies, Indonesia  Chapter 14 Re-ExaminingtheImpactofFinancialSystemonEconomicGrowth:NewEvidenceFrom HeterogeneousRegionalPanels.......................................................................................................... 250 Bülent Altay, Afyon Kocatepe University, Turkey Mert Topcu, Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University, Turkey Chapter 15 TheImpactofCorruptiononEconomicGrowth:AComparativeAnalysisbetweenEuropeand MENACountries................................................................................................................................ 266 Noha A. Farrag, German University in Cairo, Egypt Asmaa M. Ezzat, Cairo University, Egypt Chapter 16 InternetUseandEconomicGrowth:EvidencesFromLowerMiddleIncomeandLowIncome Countries............................................................................................................................................. 291 Abhijit Bhattacharya, Pingla Thana Mahavidyalaya, India Archita Ghosh, University of Kalyani, India Chapter 17 TheImpactofInformationandCommunicationTechnologiesonEconomicGrowthand ElectricityConsumption:EvidencefromSelectedBalkanandEasternEuropeanCountries............ 307 Burcu Berke, Omer Halisdemir University, Turkey Gülsüm Akarsu, Ondokuz Mayıs University, Turkey Gökhan Obay, Omer Halisdemir University, Turkey Chapter 18 RemittancesandEconomicGrowth.................................................................................................... 325 Mustafe Pllana, University of Prishtina, Kosovo Aida Tmava, University of Prishtina, Kosovo Chapter 19 Remittances:AKeyFactorforEconomicChangeandtheReductionofPovertyinLatinAmerica TheCaseofGuatemala.................................................................................................................... 344– Reny Mariane Bake, Universidad Francisco Marroquin, Guatemala Chapter 20 ForeignDirectInvestmentasaToolforPovertyAlleviation............................................................. 357 James Rossi, University of Greenwich, UK Genevieve Dupont, American University of Paris, France Chapter 21 FDIandTradeinServicesTowardsSustainableEconomicGrowth:AnEmpiricalEvidencefrom India.................................................................................................................................................... 369 Madhabendra Sinha, National Institute of Technology Durgapur, India Partha Pratim Sengupta, National Institute of Technology Durgapur, India  Chapter 22 StrategicPerspectivesontheGenuineProgressIndicatorandGrossDomesticProduct................... 382 Alexander M. Tolksdorf, University of Detroit Mercy, USA Terry L. Howard, University of Detroit Mercy, USA Gregory W. Ulferts, University of Detroit Mercy, USA Chapter 23 WelfareEconomicPrinciplesof(Urban)RailNetworkPricing:First-BestandSecond-Best Solutions............................................................................................................................................. 387 Jörg Schimmelpfennig, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany Chapter 24 EconomicGrowthandClimateChange:AnExploratoryCountry-LevelAnalyticsStudy............... 398 Wullianallur Raghupathi, Fordham University, USA Viju Raghupathi, Brooklyn College of City University of New York, USA Chapter 25 -CitiesforNewGrowthandSocio-EconomicDynamism?TheCaseofSmartCitiesandRDI DrivenParticipativeDemocracyandGovernance.............................................................................. 416 Seija Kulkki, Aalto University School of Business, Finland Chapter 26 EmpiricalAnalysisoftheRelationshipBetweenEnergyConsumption,CO2Emissionsand EconomicGrowthinTunisia.............................................................................................................. 437 Sana Essaber Jouini, University of Carthage, Tunisia & University of Manouba, Tunisia Etidel Labidi, University of Carthage, Tunisia & University of Manouba, Tunisia Chapter 27 ElectricPowerTransmission,DistributionLosses,andEconomicGrowthinGhana........................ 450 Samuel Adams, Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration, Ghana Edem Kwame Mensah Klobodu, Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration, Ghana Richmond Odartey Lamptey, Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration, Ghana Chapter 28 TheSocialImpactoftheFinancialCrisesintheRecentPastandEvidenceThereof:WithSpecial ReferencetoIndia............................................................................................................................... 468 Asim Kumar Karmakar, Jadavpur University, India Sebak Kumar Jana, Vidyasagar University, India  Section 3 Financial Inclusion Chapter 29 DigitalParticipationthroughMobileInternetBankingandItsImpactonFinancialInclusion:A StudyofJanDhanYojana................................................................................................................... 483 Khyati Jagani, MICA, India Santosh Patra, MICA, India Volume II Chapter 30 -DigitalEntrepreneurialCharityandSolidarityforSocialChange:KIVAandthe“Social-on Linezation”ofPoverty........................................................................................................................ 495 José Manuel Saiz-Alvarez, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico Jorge Colvin-Díez, Schiller International University, Spain Chapter 31 TheProblemsofDevelopmentGapbetweenDevelopedandDevelopingNations:IsThereAny SignofConvergence?........................................................................................................................