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Overselling the Web? : Development and the Internet / Charles Kenny.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: iPolitics: Global Challenges in the Information AgePublisher: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2022]Copyright date: ©2006Description: 1 online resource (160 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781626374010
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.90091724
LOC classification:
  • HF5548.32
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Will the Internet Change the World? -- 2 The Link Between Technology and Growth -- 3 Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in the Industrialized World -- 4 ICT in the Developing World -- 5 Experiments with E-Government in Developing Countries -- 6 Sustainable Policies for E-Development -- 7 Confronting the Costs -- List of Acronyms -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book -- Other Books in This Series
Summary: Opinion leaders in government and business routinely tout the Internet's power as a force for economic and social development, and programs designed to bridge the digital divide are springing up across the developing world. Many questions remain, however, about the effectiveness of such programs in fostering greater productivity and improving quality of life. Overselling the Web? offers a much needed antidote to the Internet hype touting the promise of new technologies. Drawing on macroeconomic data as well as eye-opening anecdotes, Charles Kenny underscores the trade-offs and constraints inherent in the new communications technology. His work raises serious questions about the advisability of channeling scarce investment funds into the Internet when countries are confronting more basic challenges in the realm of education, health, and infrastructure.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Will the Internet Change the World? -- 2 The Link Between Technology and Growth -- 3 Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in the Industrialized World -- 4 ICT in the Developing World -- 5 Experiments with E-Government in Developing Countries -- 6 Sustainable Policies for E-Development -- 7 Confronting the Costs -- List of Acronyms -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book -- Other Books in This Series

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Opinion leaders in government and business routinely tout the Internet's power as a force for economic and social development, and programs designed to bridge the digital divide are springing up across the developing world. Many questions remain, however, about the effectiveness of such programs in fostering greater productivity and improving quality of life. Overselling the Web? offers a much needed antidote to the Internet hype touting the promise of new technologies. Drawing on macroeconomic data as well as eye-opening anecdotes, Charles Kenny underscores the trade-offs and constraints inherent in the new communications technology. His work raises serious questions about the advisability of channeling scarce investment funds into the Internet when countries are confronting more basic challenges in the realm of education, health, and infrastructure.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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