Economics of cloud services in rapidly growing economies: the case of Turkey

During the Annual National Informatics Congress in Ankara (Bilisim 2012), Jonathan Liebenau presented the results of a study conducted by LSE Tech on the labour market and general economic effects of cloud computing for Turkey. The study is of particular interest for rapidly growing economies and developing countries that might wish to reflect on what the economic effects of new general purpose technologies might be. Given that those effects are closely linked to an array of public policies related to information and communication technologies, to education and skills development, to trade in services and information handling, etc., the lessons are wide-ranging.