Jeffrey James

Information Technology and Development (eBook, ePUB)

A New Paradigm for Delivering the Internet to Rural Areas in Developing Countries

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Attempts to bring the benefits of information technology in the form of the internet to developing countries have, to date, foundered on the belief that this requires the beneficiaries to access the technology directly. As a result, the perceived huge benefits of such an enterprise have often failed to materialise.This original contribution to the

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juli 2004
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134340231
• Artikelnr.: 47884907

Autorenporträt

Jeffrey James is Professor of Development Economics at the University of Tilburg, the Netherlands.

Inhaltsangabe

1. IntroductionPart One: Analytical Foundations of a New Paradigm 2. The
Existing Paradigm and its Limitations3. An Emerging ParadigmPart Two:
Radios, Telephones and Internet Access 4. Community Radio and the
Internet5. Basic Telephony and the Internet in Rural AreasPart Three: Rural
Internet Access: Alternatives to Radios and Telephones 6. The Need for
Alternatives7. The Role of Rural Internet Kiosks: Gyandoot8. The Role of
Rural Internet Kiosks: n-Logue