Telecommunications, Public Health, and Demand for Health-Related Information and Infrastructure
Information Technologies and International Development
FDI Variations in Emerging Markets: The Role of Credible Commitments—With Special Reference to Asia
Information Technologies and International Development
Information policies and open source software in developing countries
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
The Lost Sheep of ICT4D Literature
Information Technologies and International Development
Post-conflict communications: the case of Liberia
Communications of the ACM
Telematics and Informatics
Research Approaches to Mobile Use in the Developing World: A Review of the Literature
The Information Society
The Role of Income Inequality in a Multivariate Cross-National Analysis of the Digital Divide
Social Science Computer Review
Ict in education reform in cambodia: Problems, politics, and policies impacting implementation
Information Technologies and International Development
Weaving the "Mobile Web" in the context of ICT4D: a preliminary exploration of the state of the art
Proceedings of the 73rd ASIS&T Annual Meeting on Navigating Streams in an Information Ecosystem - Volume 47
Cost and other barriers to public access computing in developing countries
Proceedings of the 2011 iConference
International Journal of Information Management: The Journal for Information Professionals
Journal of Global Information Management
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From the Publisher:In this book Ernest Wilson provides a clear, nuanced analysis of the major transformations resulting from the global information revolution. He shows that the information revolution is rooted in societal dynamics, political interests, and social structure. Using an innovative Strategic ReStructuring (SRS) model, he uncovers links between the big changes taking place around the world and the local initiatives of individual information activists, especially in developing countries. Indeed, Wilson shows that many of the structural changes of the information revolution, such as shifts from public to private ownership or from monopoly to competition, are driven by activists struggling individually and collectively to overcome local apathy and entrenched opposition to reform.Wilson applies his SRS model to the politics of Internet expansion in Brazil, China, and Ghana to illustrate the real-world challenges facing policy-makers and practitioners. Examples of such challenges include starting Internet companies, reforming regulatory laws, and formulating NGO strategies for dealing with the digital divide. Wilson identifies the tremendous possibilities for innovation and advancement in developing countries while acknowledging the structural, institutional, and cultural constraints that work against their realization.