Information Technology Policy and the Digital Divide: Lessons for Developing Countries - Couverture rigide

 
9781843764137: Information Technology Policy and the Digital Divide: Lessons for Developing Countries
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ISBN 10 : 184376413X ISBN 13 : 9781843764137
Editeur : Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2004

Synopsis

The proliferation of new information technologies throughout the world has raised some important questions for policymakers as to how developing countries can benefit from their diffusion. This important volume compares the advantages and disadvantages of the IT revolution through detailed studies of a variety of developed and developing nations and regions: Argentina, Estonia, the EU, India, Japan, Korea, Mexico, South Africa, Thailand and the USA.

The authors address a number of challenging issues such as standardization, IT in the mass media, Public Key Infrastructure, upstream connectivity and pricing, and draw out important policy implications for late-comers in this field - predominantly developing countries. They highlight the negative aspects of IT policy such as the digital divide and monopoly of ownership, but also illustrate the potential benefits such as 'leapfrogging' the industrialization process and the expansion of broadband capabilities.

This impressive volume will be essential reading for academics and researchers with an interest in development economics, utility regulation and technology policy. It will also be of great practical value to international policymakers and governments in the developing world who wish to learn more about the costs and benefits of regulation and deregulation in the IT industry.

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À propos de l?auteur

Edited by Mitsuhiro Kagami, Ambassador for Nicaragua, Embassy of Japan, Nicaragua, Masatsugu Tsuji, Faculty of Economics, Kobe International University, Japan and Emanuele Giovannetti, Lord Ashcroft International Business School, Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge and Chelmsford, UK

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Éditeur
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Date d'édition
2004
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
184376413X
ISBN 13 
9781843764137
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
336
Éditeur
Kagami Mitsuhiro, Tsuji Masatsugu, Giovannetti Emanuele
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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