ISBN:
9780230111936
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (353 p.)
Parallel Title:
Print version Development Connections : Unveiling the Impact of New Information Technologies
DDC:
303.48/33
Keywords:
Development economics
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Informationstechnik
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Wirkungsanalyse
;
Entwicklung
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Armutspolitik
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Lateinamerika
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Elektronische Ressource
;
Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Development Connections takes stock of recent advances in what is broadly known as Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). The authors seek to discover how information and telecommunication technologies affect both the public and private sectors in Latin America and how they can optimize ICT returns to society. David Tennant Damien King Michelle Robinson Biman Prasad Kaymara Barrett Altricia Dawson Sidonia Mackenzie Kario-Paul Brown Colin Bullock Christine Clarke Abdullahi Abdulkadri
Abstract:
Development Connections takes stock of recent advances in what is broadly known as Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) - cell phones, computers, and related Internet applications, as well as software advances that aim at improving the welfare of societies by empowering them. It is a comparative look at Latin America and ICTs in relation to the rest of the world and other countries in the region and the trends for widespread use of ICTs. In turn, the authors seek to discover how information and telecommunication technologies affect both the public and private sectors of the regi
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Boxes; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; About the Contributors; Preface; 1 A Field of Dreams or a Dream Come True?; 2 The Region's Place in the Digital World: A Tale of Three Divides; 3 Banking on Technology for Financial Inclusion; 4 Rewiring Institutions; 5 Tech Fever in the Health Sector; 6 Computers in Schools: Why Governments Should Do Their Homework; 7 Help or Hindrance? ICT's Impact on the Environment; 8 Development.com: Using ICTs to Escape Poverty; Notes; References; Index;
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