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Isabella Rega,Sara Vannini,Emanuele Fino,Lorenzo Cantoni
Pág. pp. 35 - 54 pgs.
This article presents extensive research conducted in Mozambique that aims to deeply understand how different social groups understand community multimedia centers (CMCs), which are structures combining a community radio and a telecenter. The social repr...
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Ricardo Gomez
Pág. pp. 19 - 33 pgs.
Measuring the impact of information and communication technologies (ICT) for community development is critical, yet it remains elusive. This article presents findings from an exploratory study of public access computing (PAC) services in Colombia, South ...
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Savita Bailur,Silvia Masiero
Pág. pp. 27 - 42 pgs.
The critical role of the information intermediary in supporting community participation in telecenters and community multimedia centers [CMCs] has been recognized for some time. However, the literature has largely taken a neutral/positive perspective (th...
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Jo Rhodes
Pág. pp. 1 - 20 pgs.
Arguments abound as to whether information and communication technologies (ICTs) can beneficially shape socioeconomic development and micro-enterprise, whether they are appropriate to local culture, and whether they fit with the development approach in u...
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Sarah Parkinson,Allan C. Lauzon
Pág. pp. 21 - 38 pgs.
This case study of a telecenter in Cali, Colombia examines the impacts of Internet access and use on local social equity. It proceeds with a livelihoods analysis of the neighborhoods surrounding the telecenter combined with an analysis of how telecenter ...
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Chunbo Zhang
Pág. pp. 39 - 55 pgs.
Construction of rural telecenters has been recently promoted by Chinese government officials as an innovative way to solve the problem of underdevelopment in rural areas. To address questions on the project's effectiveness and manageability, this article...
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Angela Maria Barreto,Maria Dulce Paradella,Sônia Assis
O acesso e o uso da informação são questões relacionadas ao desenvolvimento humano em seus múltiplos aspectos. Percebe-se um diferencial entre as pessoas que têm acessibilidade aos meios de informação ? uma pequena parcela da população ? e as que não têm...
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Savita Bailur
Pág. pp. 61 - 80 pgs.
Involving stakeholders is often seen as a means to more successful information and communication technologies for development (ICT4D) projects. Hence, it can be appropriate to research ICT4D projects by taking both the perspective of stakeholder theory a...
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