CiNii 図書 - Information technology, development and policy : theoretical perspectives and practical challenges

World scholars in information science explore the impact of modern information technologies on the social and economic structures of developing countries. Through a combination of theoretical analysis and actual case studies, this important new book provides managers and policy makers with practical strategies for using information technologies to improve the effectiveness of national development planning and to generate critical competitive advantages for local businesses and national economies. The book also provides an insightful analysis of the social and political ramifications of these new technologies through detailed case studies of fimes and national institutions in Africa, Asia and Latin America. This will be of most use to anyone interested in the challenges and opportunities these modern technologies present to the world's developing regions.

Introduction - information technology, development and policy
theoretical perspectives - the global data highway - from whom a freeway? For whom a toll road?
IT in developing countries - a loss of independence?
IT as a golbal economic development tool
promoting software production and export in developing countries
diffusion of IT and the competitiveness of Brazilian banking
strategic information systems planning - experiences from Hong Kong
the goal-concern-points technique - a Caribbean case study
practical challenges - computers and culture - cases from Kenya
infrastructure and institutions - the case of public health in Mongolia
health care networks - a hierarchical spider's web model
IT in rural development planning - the case of Nicaragua
a study of a university admission system in Uganda
impact of an imported IT sector - lessons from Ireland.

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