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100			_aMurelli, Elena
100			_aOkot-Uma, Rogers W' O, ed.
245			_aBreaking the digital divide: implications for developing countries
260			_bCommonwealth Secretariat
260			_aLondon
260			_c2002
270			_dUnited Kingdom
300			_axxii, 168 p.
300			_bill.
500			_aCo-published by SFI Publishing
520			_aProvides 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.
556			_aGeneral
650			_aDEVELOPING COUNTRIES
650			_aINTERNET
650			_aCOMMUNICATION
650			_aINFORMATION
650			_aINFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
650			_aDIGITAL DIVIDE
650			_aLIBRARY SCIENCE
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999			_c12932 _d12932