Information and development: Escaping the industrial maturity trap and moving forward to an information society Phuah Eng Chye (14 September 2019) Advanced economies appear to be bumping into limits to their growth. They display symptoms of “industrial maturity” such as hollowing out of their manufacturing sectors, demographic aging and anaemic capital formation. Some symptoms such … “Information and development: Escaping the industrial maturity trap and moving forward to an information society”