UID:
almafu_9958092971402883
Format:
xxi, 168 pages :
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illustrations ;
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28 cm.
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-280-24516-6
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9786610245161
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0-8213-6443-X
Series Statement:
World Bank e-Library.
Content:
Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are increasingly being recognized as essential tools of development-tools that can empower poor people, enhance skills, increase productivity and improve governance at all levels. The success of ICT-enabled development (or e-development) will thus not be measured by the diffusion of technology, but by advances in development itself: economic growth and, ultimately, achievement of the Millenium Development Goals. This volume examines a wide range of issues related to e-development, with a focus on the requirements and realities of using ICTs to
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acronyms; Acknowledgments; Overview: E-Development: From Excitement to Effectiveness; Chapter 1 Look Before You Leap: The Bumpy Road to E-Development; Chapter 2 Creating the "Right" Enabling Environment for ICT; Chapter 3 E-Strategies for Development; Chapter 4 The Elusive Quest for E-Leadership; Chapter 5 The Basic Building Blocks of E-Government; Chapter 6 Beyond Secondary Education; Chapter 7 The Role of International Cooperation in E-Development; Annex 1 Regression Results for the Determinants of E-Development
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Annex 2 Selected List of National E-StrategiesReferences
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8213-6442-1
Language:
English
Keywords:
Aufsatzsammlung
URL:
Volltext
(Deutschlandweit zugänglich)
URL:
http://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/book/10.1596/0-8213-6442-1
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