Bridging the global digital divide / Jeffrey James.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

James, Jeffrey, 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Digital divide--Developing countries.

Digital divide.

Developing countries.

Physical Description:

xvi, 135 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, [2003]

Contents:

Part 1 Explaining the Global Digital Divide

1 Convergence and divergence in the global economy: the role of technical change 3

2 The digital divide between nations as international technological dualism 16

Part 2 Bridging the Global Digital Divide

3 The global information infrastructure revisited 33

4 Low-cost information technology in developing countries: current opportunities and emerging possibilities 45

5 Low-cost computing and related ways of overcoming the global digital divide 58

6 Open-source software and the digital divide: opportunities and constraints for developing countries 72

7 Sustainable Internet access for the rural poor? Elements of an emerging Indian model 87

8 A web-based registry of low-cost information technologies for developing countries? 98

9 Universal access to information technology in developing countries 108

10 The Human Development Report 2001 and information technology for developing countries: an evaluation 119.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1843762064

OCLC:

51264376