Uneven and combined development : understanding India's software exports

The evolution of the Indian sofware sector is explained by the larger context of uneven and combined development. The imperatives of market-driven global order suggest an open-ended process of development, making some economic and technological convergence realizable but also generating contradictions at various levels. This paper focuses on differential innovative capability, the uneven diffusion of technical education in India, and the increasing economic integration of the software industry as sources of uneven development. (InWent/DÜI)