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This work represents the first attempt to position digital capital as cumulative and transferable, independent from, and intertwined with the other five forms of capitals. The book aims to propose a theoretical toolkit and empirical model that can be used by policy makers to tackle social inequalities created by the digital exclusion of citizens.

Digital divide. --- Divide, Digital --- GDD (Global digital divide) --- Global digital divide --- Information society --- Digital divide

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Information and communication have always opened opportunities for the poor to earn income, reduce isolation, and respond resiliently to emergencies. With mobile phone use exploding across the developing world, even marginalized communities are now benefiting from modern communication tools. This book explores the impacts of this unprecedented technological change. Drawing on unique household surveys undertaken by research networks active in 38 developing countries, it helps to fill knowledge gaps about how the poor use information and communication technologies (ICTs). How have they benefited

Mass communications --- Computer. Automation --- Developing countries --- Information technology --- Technological innovations --- Digital divide --- Technology and state --- Divide, Digital --- GDD (Global digital divide) --- Global digital divide --- Information society --- Economic aspects

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This book examines the problem of inadequate access to information and communication technology (ICT) and the need to develop appropriate pro-poor ICT policies within the Latin American and Caribbean context. The authors show how market reforms have failed to ensure that the benefits of the Information Society have spread across the many social and economic divides that characterize the region. The authors explain and support the formulation of a new perspective on ICT access and develop an analytical framework with which to assess the critical variables involved in effective ICT adoption in developing regions. The research supports policy reform that builds upon the achievements of market liberalization efforts in the region but which must also address the realities of 'digital poverty' - a concept that grasps the multiple dimensions of inadequate levels of access to ICT services by people and organizations, as well as the barriers to their productive use. This is the first publication of the Regional Dialogue on the Information Society (DIRSI), a regional network of leading researchers concerned with disseminating knowledge that supports the participation of marginalized communities using ICTs in Latin America and the Caribbean. The book will be of interest to anyone interested in ICTs and international development policy and practice.

Computer. Automation --- Latin America --- Information technology --- Digital divide --- Divide, Digital --- GDD (Global digital divide) --- Global digital divide --- Information society --- IT (Information technology) --- Technology --- Telematics --- Information superhighway --- Knowledge management --- Economic aspects --- Social aspects

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This Little Data Book presents tables for over 213 economies showing the most recent national data on key indicators of information and communications technology (ICT), including access, quality, affordability, efficiency,sustainability, and applications.

Information technology -- Statistics -- Periodicals. --- Telecommunication -- Economic aspects -- Statistics -- Periodicals. --- Telecommunication -- Social aspects -- Statistics -- Periodicals. --- Telecommunication -- Statistics -- Periodicals. --- Telecommunication -- Statistics. --- Telecommunication --- Information technology --- Digital divide --- Economic aspects --- Social aspects --- Divide, Digital --- GDD (Global digital divide) --- Global digital divide --- IT (Information technology) --- Electric communication --- Mass communication --- Telecom --- Telecommunication industry --- Telecommunications --- Information society --- Technology --- Telematics --- Information superhighway --- Knowledge management --- Communication --- Information theory --- Telecommuting

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Presents an analysis of the experience of South Africa and Uganda in their quest for universal access, with particular emphasis on the role of shared access centres and the factors that affect their performance. This book also examines the relationship between shared access centres, the goal of universal access, and strategies for development.

Third World: economic development problems --- Telecommunication services --- Mass communications --- Uganda --- South Africa --- Information technology --- Telecommunication --- Telecommuting centers --- Community development --- Electronic cottages --- Telecottages --- Telework hubs --- Business parks --- Telecommunication policy --- Digital divide --- Divide, Digital --- GDD (Global digital divide) --- Global digital divide --- Information society --- Electric communication --- Mass communication --- Telecom --- Telecommunication industry --- Telecommunications --- Communication --- Information theory --- Telecommuting --- Telecommunication and state --- Government policy