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1 online resource (xvii, 88 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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In focus
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In focus (International Development Research Centre (Canada))
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| Note |
Issued also in French under title: Les pauvres et l'information, lutter contre la pauvreté à l'aide de la technologie; and in Spanish under title: Los pobres en la era de la información, combatiendo la pobreza con tecnología. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Part 1. The issues and the development context. Wireless signals, changed lives -- Poverty alleviation and ICT access -- Taking research questions into the home. |
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Part 2. The approach. Critical areas for research -- Research networks based in the global South -- The need for household-level information -- Collecting household data. |
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Part 3. Current and potential uses of ICTs by the poor. How the poor use ICTs -- Why the poor use ICTs -- Can ICT access help ease poverty? |
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Part 4. Lessons for policymakers. ICTs play a positive role in poverty alleviation -- The case for breaking up monopolies -- Competition comes from start-ups -- Important data must be released -- Governments' role in increasing ICT access -- The Internet needs an ecosystem -- Content is king -- Regions differ. |
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Part 5. The future. The open movement offers promise -- Harnessing the crowd -- The Facebook and Twitter effect -- Threats in an increasingly networked world -- Information and Networks program: IDRC's role -- Glossary of terms and abbreviations. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Information technology -- Economic aspects -- Developing countries.
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Information technology -- Economic aspects. |
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Developing countries. |
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Technological innovations -- Economic aspects -- Developing countries.
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Technological innovations -- Economic aspects. |
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Digital divide -- Economic aspects -- Developing countries.
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Digital divide. |
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Technology and state -- Developing countries.
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Technology and state. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Samarajiva, Rohan, author.
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Gillwald, Alison, author.
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Galperin, Hernan, author.
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International Development Research Centre (Canada)
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| Added Title |
Fighting poverty with technology |
| Other Form: |
Print version 9781552505717 |
| ISBN |
9781552505748 (electronic book) |
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155250574X (electronic book) |
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9781552505717 |
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