Comments on: Does broadband Internet really contribute to economic growth? https://ict-pulse.com/2016/10/broadband-internet-contribute-economic-growth/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=broadband-internet-contribute-economic-growth&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=broadband-internet-contribute-economic-growth Discussing ICT, telecommunications and technology Issues from a Caribbean perspective Sat, 08 Apr 2017 00:14:35 +0000 hourly 1 By: Kamutula https://ict-pulse.com/2016/10/broadband-internet-contribute-economic-growth/#comment-172054 Sat, 15 Oct 2016 23:50:56 +0000 http://www.ict-pulse.com/?p=86751#comment-172054 This is a very good article. It differs enormously from similar articles and insights we’ve had previously. It opens our eyes and invites us to look at the results and the data with a critical mind.

As mentioned in the article the variables ( and probably the samples, too ) used, for example ….. Don’t these tend to colour our perception of the findings?

For example, going to the source report ( given in the link above ) one notices that the major economic activities contributing to St Lucia’s GDP only amount to just about 46%. What about the 53+%? These could probably be numerous isolated economic activities difficult to quantify and bring into the focus of the study. But they contribute more than half of the GDP!

The extent, therefore, to which these isolated activities would be amenable to the forces of technology penetration, clearly would immensely tilt the results of the findings.

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