Knowledge societies --in a nutshell : information technology for sustainable development /

In summarizing the full-length report of the Working Group (entitled Knowledge Societies), this book focuses particularly on the dangers that will accompany a failure to develop information and communication technology (ICT) strategies tailored to the specific and changing needs of countries in the...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Credé, Andreas
Autores Corporativos: International Development Research Centre (Canada), United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development
Otros Autores: Mansell, Robin E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ottawa : The Centre, ©1998.
Temas:
Information technology > Developing countries.
Technological innovations > Developing countries.
Sustainable development > Developing countries.
Technologie de l'information > Pays en voie de développement.
Innovations > Pays en voie de développement.
Développement durable > Pays en voie de développement.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Economic Policy.
Information technology.
Sustainable development.
Technological innovations.
Kennismaatschappij.
Informatietechnologie.
Duurzame ontwikkeling.
Environnement > Protection > Pays en voie de développement.
Nouvelles technologies de l'information et de la communication > Pays en voie de développement.
Developing countries.
Ontwikkelingslanden.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • CONTENTS
  • FOREWORD
  • INTRODUCTION
  • The key opportunities
  • CHAPTER 1 IDENTIFYING NEW ICT OPPORTUNITIES
  • New types of learning and education
  • A wired civil society
  • New forms of commerce
  • Opportunities for trade
  • Potential uses of ICTs
  • ICTs and employment
  • New technical infrastructures
  • CHAPTER 2 BUILDING THE CAPABILITIES
  • Illiteracy44; skills44; and knowledge45;based development
  • New social capabilities
  • Tacit knowledge and the learning economy
  • Acquiring new skills
  • Lifelong learning
  • Tools for building innovative knowledge societies
  • CHAPTER 3 CONSTRUCTING THE INFRASTRUCTURE
  • The Missing Link revisited
  • Communication45;network development
  • Expansion of the Internet
  • Benefits of network expansion
  • ICT production capacity
  • Building new coalitions of resources
  • CHAPTER 4 ADDRESSING KEY GOVERNANCE ISSUES
  • International institutions governing ICTs
  • Opening up but keeping control
  • Governing trade in services and equipment
  • Protecting intellectual property
  • Privacy and information security
  • Governance and the networld economy
  • CHAPTER 5 FORMULATING ICT STRATEGIES
  • Technology choices and capacity45;building
  • Strategies for market liberalization
  • Promoting improved access
  • Harnessing ICTs for development
  • Integrating ICT strategies
  • Guidelines for ICT strategies
  • CHAPTER 6 ICTs FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
  • APPENDIX I46; ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
  • ABOUT THE AUTHORS
  • ABOUT THE INSTITUTIONS
  • ABOUT THE PUBLISHER
  • Last Page.

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