| Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: monographic
|
| Title Information: |
unveiling the impact of new information technologies |
| Alternative Intellectual Responsibility: |
ChongAlberto., |
| Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: |
Inter-American Development Bank. |
| Place of Publication: |
Washington, DC New York, NY |
| Published: |
Palgrave Macmillan; Inter-American Development Bank; |
| Year of Publication: |
2011 |
| Edition: |
1st ed. |
| Description: |
1 online resource (xxvii, 324 p.)ill. : |
| Series: |
Development in the Americas |
| Subject: |
Information technology - Economic aspects - Latin America. - |
| Subject: |
Information technology - Economic aspects - Caribbean Area. - |
| Subject: |
Economic development - Latin America. - |
| Subject: |
Economic development - Caribbean Area. - |
| Subject: |
Internet in public administration - Caribbean Area. - |
| Subject: |
Internet in public administration - Latin America. - |
| Subject: |
Medical informatics - Caribbean Area. - |
| Subject: |
Medical informatics - Latin America. - |
| Subject: |
Educational technology - Caribbean Area. - |
| Subject: |
Educational technology - Latin America. - |
| Subject: |
Information technology - Environmental aspects - Caribbean Area. - |
| Subject: |
Information technology - Environmental aspects - Latin America. - |
| Subject: |
COMPUTERS - Information Technology. - |
| Online resource: |
http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230118379 |
| Notes: |
Description based on print version record. |
| Summary: |
"Development Connections takes stock of recent advances in what is broadly known as Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) - cell phones, computers, and related Internet applications, as well as software advances that aim at improving the welfare of societies by empowering them. It is a comparative look at Latin America and ICTs in relation to the rest of the world and other countries in the region and the trends for widespread use of ICTs. In turn, the authors seek to discover how information and telecommunication technologies affect both the public and private sectors of the region and how they can optimize ICT returns to society. Projects focus on the use of ICTs for education, health, finance, environment, and labor. ICT trends are crucial to policy makers and ICT development is critical to the future of the region."--Provided by publisher. |
| ISBN: |
9780230118379electronic bk. |
| ISBN: |
0230118372electronic bk. |
| Content Note: |
A field of dreams or a dream come true? The region's place in the digital world: a tale of three divides Banking on technology for financial inclusion Rewiring institutions Tech fever in the health sector Computers in schools: why governments should do their homework Help or hindrance? ICT's impact on the environment Development.com: using ICTs to escape poverty. |