Sarah Parkinson

Telecentres, Access, and Development

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Prelims (Contents, Acknowledgements, List of tables, List of figures, List of photos and boxes, Acronyms and other abbreviations, Executive Summary) 1. Introduction - Telecentres, Access and Development 2. Access Centres and South Africa's Universal Access Policy 3. Uganda's Experience with Shared Access Centres and Universal Access Policy 4. Start-up and Scalability of Access Centres 5. Local Livelihoods, Reach and Development Impact 6. Conclusions, Lessons and Research Directions Back Matter (Notes, Bibliography) The book is based on a review of national policy and implementation strategies, case studies of community ICT-access centres, and an analysis of the links between national strategies and on-the-ground experiences from 1996 through 2003. Over 50 ICT-access centres, from both rural and urban settings, were reviewed. The executive summary presents a series of lessons and practical recommendations for policymakers.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Practical Action Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 380g
• ISBN-13: 9781853396199
• ISBN-10: 1853396192
• Artikelnr.: 23522557

Autorenporträt

At the time of writing Sarah Parkinson was a PhD Student, Rural Studies, University of Guelph, Canada. This book was written as part of an internship with Canada's International Development Research Centre (IDRC).