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Comunicación móvil y desarrollo económico y social en América Latina
Madrid; Barcelona: Fundación Telefónica; Ariel (2011), 390 pp.
"La rápida difusión de la telefonía móvil en los países emergentes está cambiando las relaciones entre los actores económicos, los modos de relación interpersonal y la dinámica política de estas sociedades de forma acelerada y difícil de predecir. A lo largo de la historia, la tecnología
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Côte D’Ivoire: Media and Telecoms Landscape Guide
infoasaid (2011), 87 pp.
Telecommunications Regulation Handbook
Washington, DC: infoDev Information for Development Program; ITU, 10th anniversary ed. (2011), 241 pp.
Can You Help me Now? Mobile Phones and Peacebuilding in Afghanistan
Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace (USIP) (2010), 15 pp.
"A decade ago, mobile phone usage in Afghanistan was almost nonexistent; now there are 13 million subscriptions for a total of 29 million citizens, and the annual growth rate of subscription is estimated at 53 percent. A number of factors have fueled this dramatic increase, including the sheer popul
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Broadband for Africa: Developing Backbone Communications Networks
Washington, DC: World Bank (2010), xviii, 81 pp.
"Broadband for Africa focuses on one part of the broadband policy jigsaw puzzle—backbone networks. These are the high-capacity communications networks that form the heart of the internet. This book addresses three specific questions: What role do backbone networks play in the provision of broadban
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Handbook of Research on Overcoming Digital Divides: Constructing an Equitable and Competitive Information Society
Hershey, PA: IGI Global (2010), xxxvi, 737 pp.
"The Handbook presents a comprehensive, integrative, and global view of what has been called the digital divide. Collecting an international collaboration of experts, this Handbook of Research offers policy makers, academicians, managers, and researchers a complete reference source to the interactio
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Information Economy Report 2010: ICTs, Enterprises and Poverty Alleviation
Geneva: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (2010), xvii, 154 pp.
"The Information Economy Report 2010 focuses on the nexus of ICTs, enterprises and poverty alleviation. Whereas the knowledge base needs to grow considerably, the evidence presented in this Report suggests that more attention should be given by policymakers and other stakeholders to this new set of
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Mobile Communication
Cambridge, UK; Malden, Mass.: Polity Press (2009), xii, 191 pp.
Information Society Statistical Profiles 2009: Africa
Geneva: ITU (2009), v, 66 pp.
"This report highlights the latest ICT developments in the region and includes key statistical information for every country. It features a regional analysis of the ITU ICT Development Index (IDI) and the ICT Price Basket, two ICT benchmarking tools that were launched in March 2009. The report point
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Background Paper for Identifying the Best Practice of ICT Implementations in Asia and the Pacific
ESCAP (2009), 36 pp.
"Based on the above preliminary research on the current status of the digital divide, latest and emerging technologies, and ICT for development initiatives in Asia and the Pacific, this report concludes that the LDCs, LLDCs and SIDS still face numerous difficulties in terms of implementation of ICT
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Options to Increase Access to Telecommunications Services in Rural and Low-Income Areas
Washington, DC: World Bank (2009), viii, 44 pp.
"Increasing overall service coverage and promoting access to telecommunications services is economically beneficial. However, universal access policies for rural and low-income areas have not sufficiently evolved with the latest technolo gy and market trends. This study reviews and evaluates the wid
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Digital Review of Asia Pacific 2009-2010
Montréal; Ottawa; New Delhi et al.: Orbicom; International Development Research Centre (IDRC); Sage (2009), xxvii, 391 pp.
"The biennial Digital Review of Asia Pacific is a comprehensive guide to the state-of-practice and trends in information and communication technologies for development (ICTD) in Asia Pacific. This fourth edition (2009-2010) features 30 economies and four subregional groupings. The chapters provide u
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Auslandsmärkte als Chance: Mit ITK aus der Krise
Berlin: Bundesverband Informationswirtschaft, Telekommunikation und neue Medien (BITKOM); Auswärtiges Amt (2009), 267 pp.
"In Ihren Händen halten Sie die zweite Auflage unserer Publikation „Auslandsmärkte als Chance“. Als wir vor gut zwei Jahren die erste Ausgabe veröffentlichten, florierte die Weltwirtschaft und mit ihr die IT- und Telekommunikationsmärkte. Wer hätte damals gedacht, dass wir im Jahr 2009 die
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The APC ICT Policy Handbook
Key Guides
Association for Progressive Communications (APC), 2nd revised ed. (2009), 227 pp.
Measuring the Information Society: The ICT Development Index
Geneva: ITU (2009), viii, 96 pp.
"In the developing world, mobile phones have revolutionised telecommunication and have reached an estimated average 49.5 per cent penetration rate at the end of 2008 – from close to zero only ten years ago. This is not only faster than any other technology in the past, but the mobile phone is also
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El papel de las TIC en el desarrollo: Propuesta de América Latina a los retos económicos actuales
Madrid; Barcelona: Fundación Telefónica; Ariel (2009), xii, 191 pp.
