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Digital poverty : Latin American and Caribbean perspectives / [edited by Hernan Galperin and Judith Mariscal].

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Rugby, Warwickshire : Practical Action Pub./International Development Research Centre, 2007.Description: 1 online resource (161 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781552503423
  • 1552503429
  • 9781780441115
  • 1780441118
  • 18560440585
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Digital poverty.DDC classification:
  • 303.48/33 22
LOC classification:
  • HM 221 .D53 2007
Other classification:
  • cci1icc
  • coll11
  • coll14
Online resources:
Contents:
""Table of Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Introduction""; ""1. The Concept of Information Poverty and How to Measure it in the Latin American Context""; ""2. Analysis of ICT Demand: What Is Digital Poverty and How to Measure It?""; ""3. New Market Scenarios in Latin America""; ""4. Institutional Design of the Regulator in Latin America and the Caribbean""; ""5. Microtelcos in Latin America and the Caribbean""; ""6. Selecting Sustainable ICT Solutions for Pro-poor Intervention""; ""7. Conclusion: ICT and Pro-poor Strategies and Research""; ""About the Authors""
Summary: This book examines the problem of inadequate access to information and communication technology (ICT) and the need to develop appropriate pro-poor ICT policies within the Latin American and Caribbean context. The authors show how market reforms have failed to ensure that the benefits of the Information Society have spread across the many social and economic divides that characterize the region.
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""Table of Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Introduction""; ""1. The Concept of Information Poverty and How to Measure it in the Latin American Context""; ""2. Analysis of ICT Demand: What Is Digital Poverty and How to Measure It?""; ""3. New Market Scenarios in Latin America""; ""4. Institutional Design of the Regulator in Latin America and the Caribbean""; ""5. Microtelcos in Latin America and the Caribbean""; ""6. Selecting Sustainable ICT Solutions for Pro-poor Intervention""; ""7. Conclusion: ICT and Pro-poor Strategies and Research""; ""About the Authors""

This book examines the problem of inadequate access to information and communication technology (ICT) and the need to develop appropriate pro-poor ICT policies within the Latin American and Caribbean context. The authors show how market reforms have failed to ensure that the benefits of the Information Society have spread across the many social and economic divides that characterize the region.

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