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Data Governance, Data Justice, Data Sovereignty
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Digital Skills, Digital Production Skills
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Access to Media & Information: Disadvantaged Groups and Minorities
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Gender and ICTs / Internet
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ICT Training
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Information Society
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Game Industries, Game Production
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Media Marketing, Branding & Promotion
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Media Viability & Financial Sustainability
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Sharing Economy
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Basic Income
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Energy Supply, Electricity
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Industries, Industrial Development
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Public Goods, Commons
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Taxes
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Traffic & Transport Infrastructure
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Gaming, Video Games
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Gaming: Ethical Issues
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Water Resources Management, Water Access & Supply
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Image Ethics, Ethics in Photojournalism
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Journalism Ethics
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Sexuality: Media Representation, Sexually Explicit Media Content, Pornography
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Ubuntu (Ethical Concept of Southern African Origin)
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Feminism & Communication
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Colonial Legacies
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Globalisation, Globalisation Criticism
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Transnational Media Corporations, International Media Companies
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African Union (AU)
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European Union (EU)
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Media Assistance: Financial Sustainability & Management
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COVID-19 Pandemic: Effects on Journalism, Media & Communication
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Trust Building: Role of Communication & Media
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Information Policies
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Human Rights
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Brain Drain
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Governance & Accountability: Role of Media / Communication
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Public Spheres
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Buddhism
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Data Analysis & Interpretation
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Internet & ICTs in Rural Areas
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Discrimination
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COVID-19 Pandemic: Economic, Political and Social Effects
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Communities of Practice
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Reality & Communication, Truth & Media
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Inequalities
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Blockchain Technologies
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Informatics
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Satellite Communication & Information Services
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Software
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Open Source Software
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Technological Change, Technological Developments, Technological Progress
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Telecommunications
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Mobile Phone Use for Social Purposes, Mobiles for Development
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Telecommunication Companies, Mobile Phone & Fixed Line Operators
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Enabling the Digital Revolution in Sub-Saharan Africa: What Role for Policy Reforms?
World Bank Group (2017), 61 pp.
"I am glad to introduce the third edition of a series of reports aimed at discussing macroeconomic developments in the Central African Republic, Chad, Guinea, Mali, and Niger. This series intends to foster public debates on key macroeconomic and fiscal policy options in support of poverty reduction.
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Paying for Access or Content? Blurred Understandings of Mobile Internet Data in Ghana, Kenya and Uganda
In: GlobDev 2016: Proceedings Annual Workshop of the AIS Special Interest Group for ICT in Global Development
Association for Information Systems AIS Electronic Library (AISeL) (2016), 11 pp.
"The paper addresses the blurred understandings of what developing country mobile internet users feel they are paying for. The move towards increasing online news and music consumption around the world has resulted in low growth in paid content consumption and a digital advertising market that is no
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Local Content Production and the Political Economy of the Mobile App Industries in Argentina and Bolivia
New Media & Society, volume 18, issue 8 (2016), pp. 1768-1786
"This article examines the targets and activities of mobile app developers in two Latin American economies – Argentina and Bolivia – analysing the political, social and economic conditions that connect or disconnect app developers and the interests of local users. Findings suggest that app distr
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Bolivia digital: 15 miradas acerca de internet y sociedad en Bolivia
La Paz: Vicepresidencia del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia;Centro de Investigaciones Sociales (CIS) (2016), 536 pp.
El ecosistema y la economía digital en América Latina
Madrid; Barcelona: Fundación Telefónica;Ariel (2015), xx, 399 pp.
"Las brechas de acceso a Internet al interior de los países y en relación con las naciones más desarrolladas se han reducido significativamente, en particular en lo que se refi ere a las tecnologías móviles. Este proceso ha sido resultado, en gran parte, de la disminución de las tarifas de acc
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La riqueza de las redes: Cómo la producción social transforma los mercados y la libertad
Barcelona: Icaria Editorial (2015), 533 pp.
Buen conocer: Modelos sostenibles y políticas públicas para una economía social del conocimiento común y abierto en el Ecuador
Flok Society (2015), xviii, 759 pp.
OECD Digital Economy Outlook 2015
Paris: OECD (2015), 284 pp.
"This report assesses how countries can maximise the potential of the digital economy as a driver for innovation and inclusive growth, and discusses the evolutions in the digital economy that policy makers need to consider as well as the emerging challenges they need to address as a part of national
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Video Games Around the World
Top Insights
Cambridge, Mass.; London: MIT Press (2015), xiv, 697 pp.
"Video games have become a global industry, and their history spans dozens of national industries where foreign imports compete with domestic productions, legitimate industry contends with piracy, and national identity faces the global marketplace. This volume describes video game history and cultur
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The Mobile Economy Asia Pacific
London: GSMA (2014), 72 pp.
"Asia Pacific is the world’s largest mobile region but also one of the most diverse regions in terms of the levels of both economic and mobile market development. Asia Pacific dominates the global mobile industry in terms of both unique subscribers and connections, having seen significant growth o
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ICT Economic Impact Assessment
Altai Consulting;USAID (2014), 90 pp.
"The ICT sector is one of few undeniable success stories in Afghanistan’s development over the past 12 years. In 2002, telecommunications services were virtually non-existent, restricted to a very small number of fixed-line connections and satellite communications were unaffordable to the general
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State of Evidence: The Economic Impact of a Human Rights-Based Internet
London: Global Partners Digital (2014), 30 pp.
"This paper takes four key policy issues for protecting human rights online - net neutrality; an absence of arbitrary online filtering and blocking; an absence of arbitrary surveillance; and protecting intermediaries from liability for user-generated content. For each policy area it summarises the t
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The Global Information Technology Report 2013: Growth and Jobs in a Hyperconnected World
Geneva: World Economic Forum;INSEAD (2013), 413 pp.
"Through the methodological framework of the Networked Readiness Index (NRI), the report measures the extent to which 144 economies, from both the developed and developing worlds, take advantage of ICTs and other new technologies to increase their growth and well-being. The NRI identifies the most r
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Information Economy Report 2013: The Cloud Economy and Developing Countries
New York: United Nations (2013), xvi, 118 pp.
The Global Information Technology Report 2012: Living in a Hyperconnected World
Geneva: World Economic Forum;INSEAD (2012), 413 pp.
"The Report is composed of four thematic parts. Part 1 describes the conceptual framework and relates the findings of the Networked Readiness Index (NRI) 2012. In addition, Part 1 features selected expert contributions on the general theme of hyperconnectivity. Part 2 includes two case studies showi
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La industria del software: Una experiencia de empresas, gobiernos y universidades en Uruguay y Ecuador
Quito: FLACSO (2012), 184 pp.
Tecnologías de la información y la comunicación en Nicaragua
Washington, DC: Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) (2012), 27 pp.
"El Gobierno de Nicaragua ha identificado las Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicación (TIC) como un pilar clave de su estrategia para mejorar la gestión pública y aumentar la competitividad; sin embargo, se encuentra en desventaja comparativa en materia de inversión, activos y resultados
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The Mobile Media Reader
New York et al.: Peter Lang (2012), vi, 198 pp.
IT Sector Promotion in Developing and Emerging Countries: Manual
Bonn; Eschborn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Sector Project Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D) (2011), 123 pp.
"The manual and the toolbox seek to address the following question: how to maximise the contribution of the IT industry in developing and emerging countries towards sustainable economic development and poverty reduction? In order to achieve this, the Manual analyses the obstacles impeding the compet
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Knowledge Map of the Virtual Economy: Converting the Virtual Economy into Developmental Potential
Washington, DC: World Bank (2011), xii, 58 pp.
