Correlation Between the Level of Socio-economic Development and the Use of the Information and Communication Technologies

Authors

  • Irina A. Rodionova Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, Department of Economics
  • Uliana V. Mizerovskaya Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, Department of Economics

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24917/20801653.22.6

Keywords:

information and communication technologies (ICT), level of informatization, global competitiveness, socio-economic development

Abstract

During recent decades, the rate of structural shifts in the world economy has been especially fast. One of the factors used to influence these processes was to actively develop hi-tech industries and information and communication technologies. With the course of time, the level of informatization of society becomes a defining factor for a country’s competitiveness and predefines its ability to integrate into the global economy. The article characterizes the readiness of different countries to make a move to an innovative way of development based on analysis of combined rating tables that contain integral indices of society’s informatization level. The level of accomplishment of the task to form an innovative type of economy can be assessed in the link between implementation of science and technology progress achievements (i.e.: through the use of information and communication technologies) and the level of socio-economic development of the world countries. Current positions held by Russia and Poland according to some integral indices are also being analyzed.

 

 

 

 

 

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Author Biographies

Irina A. Rodionova, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, Department of Economics

Irina A. Rodionova, Doctor of Geographical Sciences, Professor, Chair of Regional Economics and Geography, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, Department of Economics. Research Interests: socio-economic geography of the world and Russia, the world industry, an innovative economy and human resource, international tourism, the regional economy. She has created a series of monographs and scientific articles about the structural shifts and trends of development of the world industry, as well as about the structural shifts in Russian economy (including published in the journals in the database SCOPUS, VERSITA). Textbooks on the economic geography of the world and Russia to graduate high school and university students used in Russia, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Republic of Belarus, Ukraine, Lithuania, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Poland, Serbia, Bulgaria, Romania, etc. A member of the editorial board of scientific journals: “Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series” – Poland; “Bulletin of the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University. Geographic series”. Almaty – Kazakhstan, “Bulletin of People’s Friendship University of Russia. Economy Series” – Russia.

Uliana V. Mizerovskaya, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, Department of Economics

Uliana V. Mizerovskaya, PhD in Economics, Associate Professor, Chair of Regional Economics and Geography, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, Department of Economics. Mizerovskaya Uliana was granted with PhD degree in Economics in 2009 for her research of integration organizations in CIS-countries. Since then, her scientific interests have concerned economic development of post-socialist countries. In her studies she looked at the factors catalyzing development of the said countries including external ones (such as regional integration and participation in other international activities) and internal ones (such as using of ICT which is a subject of the present article).

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Published

2013-06-01

How to Cite

Rodionova, I. A., & Mizerovskaya, U. V. (2013). Correlation Between the Level of Socio-economic Development and the Use of the Information and Communication Technologies. Studies of the Industrial Geography Commission of the Polish Geographical Society, 22, 93–103. https://doi.org/10.24917/20801653.22.6

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Vol. 22 (2013): Conditions of economic development of spatial systems

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