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Digital poverty : Latin American and Caribbean perspectives / [edited by Hernan Galperin and Judith Mariscal].
- Title
- Digital poverty : Latin American and Caribbean perspectives / [edited by Hernan Galperin and Judith Mariscal].
- Publication
- Rugby, Warwickshire : Practical Action Publishing ; Ottawa, ON : International Development Research Centre, 2007.
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| Text | Request in advance | HC130.I55 D54 2007 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 161 p. : ill.; 28 cm.
- Summary
- Examines the problem of inedequate access to information and communication technology (ICT) and the need to develop appropriate pro-poor ICT policies. Shows how market reforms have failed to ensure that the benefits of the Information Society have spread across the region.
- Subject
- Information technology > Economic aspects > Latin America
- Information technology > Social aspects > Latin America
- Information technology > Economic aspects > Caribbean Area
- Information technology > Social aspects > Caribbean Area
- Digital divide > Latin America
- Digital divide > Caribbean Area
- Internet
- Toegankelijkheid
- Politieke participatie
- Engagement
- Politiek bewustzijn
- Sociale ongelijkheid
- Caribisch gebied
- Latijns-Amerika
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- The concept of information poverty and how to measure it in the Latin American context / Gover Barja, Björn-Sören Gigler -- Analysis of ICT demand / Roxana Barrantes -- New market scenarios in Latin America / Judith Mariscal, Carla Bonina, Julio Luna -- Institutional design of the regulator in Latin American and the Caribbean / Jorge Dussán Hitscherich, Juan Manuel Roldán Perea -- Microtelcos in Latin America and the Caribbean / Hernan Galperin, Bruce Girard -- Selecting sustainable ICT solutions for pro-poor intervention / Kim I. Mallalieu, Sean Rocke -- Conclusion / Amy Mahan.
- ISBN
- 9781853396632 (pbk.)
- 185339663X (pbk.)
- 1552503429 (e-book) (canceled/invalid)
- 9781552503423 (e-book) (canceled/invalid)
- OCLC
- 174129210
- SCSB-11193028
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library