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Development Connections: Unveiling the Impact of New Information Technologies

By Inter-American Development Bank

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2011
ISBN
0230111947, 9780230111943
Google Books ID
2uqcQAACAAJ
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4382644 bytes)
Pages
353\353
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

Development Connections takes stock of recent advances in what is broadly known as Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs)—cell phones, computers, and related Internet applications, as well as software advances that aim at improving the welfare of societies by empowering them.  It is a comparative look at Latin America and ICTs in relation to the rest of the world and other countries in the region and the trends for widespread use of ICTs.  In turn, the authors seek to discover how information and telecommunication technologies affect both the public and private sectors of the region and how they can optimize ICT returns to society.  Projects focus on the use of ICTs for education, health, finance, environment, and labor.  ICT trends are crucial to policy makers and ICT development is critical to the future of the region.

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