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Global Internet Report 2014: Open and Sustainable Access for All
Geneva: Internet Society (2014), 144 pp.
Sub-Saharan Africa: Universal Service Fund Study
London: GSMA (2014), 95 pp.
"The following report examines Universal Service Funds (‘USFs’) in 23 Sub-Saharan African (‘SSA’) countries These USFs are examined in a global context i.e., taking into account their characteristics and performance when measured against an additional 46 USFs in the Arab States, the Americas
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Digital Inequality
"This chapter investigates the research on inequalities in society, and also considers the digital inequality beyond overly simplistic conceptions of access to technologies. Additionally, it describes how people's background characteristics relate to their web-use skills and what they do online. The
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The World in 2013: ICT Facts and Figures
Geneva: ITU (2013), 8 pp.
Mobile Leapfrogging and Digital Divide Policy: Assessing the Limitations of Mobile Internet Access
Washington, DC: New America Foundation (2013), 20 pp.
"This paper offers a critical perspective on the process of mobile leapfrogging. Drawing upon data on Internet access and device penetration from 34 countries, this paper first shows that while greater access to mobile technologies suggests the possibility of a leapfrog effect, the lack of 3G adopti
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Toward Entrepreneurial Behavior in Underserved Communities: An Ethnographic Decision Tree Model of Telecenter Usage
Information Technology for Development, volume 19, issue 3 (2013), pp. 230-248
"This paper investigates the decision-making process of community members who decide on using telecenters for entrepreneurial endeavors. A qualitative approach through interviews with telecenter staff and users is used to assess the barriers and enablers to economic activity through use of telecente
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Wireless Networking in the Developing World
[authors], 3rd ed. (2013), 495 pp.
The World Internet Project: International Report
Los Angeles: USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, Center for the Digital Future, 5th ed. (2013), 87 pp.
Universal Access and Service: Toolkit
Geneva: ITU (2013), xvii, 106 pp.
The Digital Divide: The Internet and Social Inequality in International Perspective
London: Routledge (2013), 324 pp.
"This book provides an in-depth comparative analysis of inequality and the stratification of the digital sphere. Grounded in classical sociological theories of inequality, as well as empirical evidence, this book defines “the digital divide” as the unequal access and utility of internet communic
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Connecting People for Development: Why Public Access ICTs Matter
Seattle: University of Washington Information School, Technology & Social Change Group (2013), 240 pp.
"Libraries, telecenters, and cybercafés play a critical role in extending the benefits of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to a diverse range of people worldwide. However, their ability to contribute to development agendas has come into question in recent times. The Global Impact S
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Neither Here Nor There: Turkmenistan's Digital Doldrums
Ottawa: SecDev Group (2012), 21 pp.
"Turkmenistan is slowly emerging from decades of darkness. President Gurbanguli Berdymukhamedov has vowed to modernize the country by encouraging the uptake of new technology for economic development and more ef!cient governance. Hundreds of thousands of Turkmen citizens are now online. However, the
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The Little Data Book on Information and Communication Technology 2012
Washington, DC; Geneva: World Bank; ITU (2012), vi, 239 pp.
"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." (Abstract)
Social Media, Cyber-Dissent, and Constraints on Online Political Communication in Central Asia
Central Asia and the Caucasus, volume 13, issue 1 (2012), pp. 144-152
"This paper reviews recent events and legal developments related to the Internet and social media in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. They include legislation extending libel laws to online communications, blocking of oppositional and independent websites, and punishi
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Aplicación de la tecnología digital en la educación pública: Programa "One Laptop per Child" en el Perú
In: Cultura digital en América Latina: Investigación interuniversitaria Educación y Evangelización
Bogotá: Centro de Comunicación Educativa Audiovisual (CEDAL); Conferencia Episcopal Latinoamericana (CELAM); RIIAL (2012), pp. 218-249
ICTs and Sustainable Solutions for the Digital Divide: Theory and Perspectives
Hershey; New York: Information Science Reference (2011), 314 pp.
"This book focuses on Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D), which includes any technology used for communication and information, researching the social side of computing, the users, and the design of systems that meet the needs of "ordinary" users." (Publisher descript
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Gender Assessment of ICT Access and Usage in Africa
Cape Town: Research ICT Africa; International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2010), 39 pp.
"What is clear from the Research ICT Africa (RIA) Household and Individual Access and Usage Survey is that the diffusion of ICT is highly uneven concentrating in urban areas and leaving some rural areas almost untouched. Access to these technologies is constrained by income as is usage, and as they
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