Information communication technologies and human development : opportunities and challenges /

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Imprint:Hershey, PA : Idea Group Pub., c2007.
Description:xx, 325 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6224543
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Other authors / contributors:Gascó Hernández, Mila.
Equiza-López, Fran, 1970-
Acevedo-Ruiz, Manuel, 1963-
ISBN:1599040573 (hardcover)
9781599040578 (hardcover)
1599040581 (softcover)
9781599040585 (softcover)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:"This book aspires to describe the link between ICTs and human development (which includes economic, social and political development), to identify the potential applications of ICTs in several areas, and to provide insightful analysis about those factors (also contextual and institutional ones) that affect ICTs for development initiatives success or failure"--Provided by publisher.

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