TY  - GEN
AU  - Murelli, Elena
AU  - Okot-Uma, Rogers W' O, ed.
TI  - Breaking the digital divide: implications for developing countries
SN  - 0-85092-672-6
PB  - Commonwealth Secretariat
KW  - DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
KW  - INTERNET
KW  - COMMUNICATION
KW  - INFORMATION
KW  - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
KW  - DIGITAL DIVIDE
KW  - LIBRARY SCIENCE
N1  - Co-published by SFI Publishing
N2  - Provides a critical analysis of various dimensions of the digital divide for developing countries through examination of issues associated with transition to an information society within a knowlege economy. Introduces the digital divide, explores the growth of the Internet covering analysis of problems of valuation of growth, diffusion of the Internet, obstacles to its growth and issue of telecommunication infrastructure including access, cost and limitations. Discusses the Internet's impact on education and health with focus on, use of the Internet in education, online education, distance learning covering costs, advantages and programmes, improvement to health services due to increasing networking and access to information. Examine the Net re sectoral development in agriculture, enterprises and services and the regulation of the Internet covering governance, role of the state, censorship, privacy and informs on International development projects
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