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information technology for sustainable development

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The Centre
Language
English
Pages
49

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Knowledge societies --in a nutshell: information technology for sustainable development
1998, The Centre
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Table of Contents

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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
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338.9/26/091724
Library of Congress
HC79.I55 C74 1998eb

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OL25561062M
Internet Archive
knowledgesocieti00cred
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1552500594, 1280717432
ISBN 13
9781552500590, 9781280717437
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52029989

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