| Title: |
Getting Connected: Information and Communications Technology for Development. |
| Language: |
English |
| Authors: |
Gitta, Cosmas; United Nations Development Programme, New York, NY. |
| Source: |
Cooperation South. 2001 (1). |
| Availability: |
For full text: http://tcdc.undp.org/tcdcweb/coop_south_journal/index.html/. |
| Peer Reviewed: |
N |
| Page Count: |
167 |
| Publication Date: |
2001 |
| Document Type: |
Collected Works - Serials |
| Descriptors: |
Developing Nations; Economic Development; Foreign Countries; Information Technology; International Cooperation; Technology Transfer; Telecommunications |
| Geographic Terms: |
Africa; Asia |
| ISSN: |
0259-3882 |
| Abstract: |
This journal special issue contains the following articles on the role of information and communications Technology (ICT) in development in the countries of the South: (1) "Digitally Empowered Development" (Allen L. Hammond); (2) "Global E-Commerce Policies Seen from the South" (Somkiat Tangkitvanich); (3) "Building Foundations for E-Commerce in Hong Kong" (Judith Hollows, Chun Kit Lok); (4) "Making the Software Industry 'Open'" (Edward White); (5) "Electronic Democracy: Buenos Aires and Montevideo" (Susana Finquelievich); (6) "Educating Citizens of the Global Learning Society" (Michel J. Menou); (7) "Reaching the Last Mile" (Carlos A. Gamboa, Ron Laporte, Francois Sauer); (8) "Afriboxes, Telecenters, Cybercafes: ICT in Africa" (Mike Jensen); (9) "Paths Beyond Connectivity: Experience from Latin America and the Caribbean" (Ricardo Gomez, Juliana Martinez, Katherine Reilly); (10) "Creating a Knowledge-Based Labour Force in Asia" (Meheroo Jussawalla, Rana Hasan); and (11) "From Medieval to Modern Times: Information in the Arab World" (Hamid Mowlana). A summary of current trends, perspectives, and events is also included. (MES) |
| Entry Date: |
2004 |
| Accession Number: |
ED477515 |
| Database: |
ERIC |