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UNINA9910827610403321 |
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Titolo |
The experience with community telecentres / / ed. by Florence Ebam Etta and Sheila Parvyn-Wamahiu |
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Ottawa, Ont. ; ; Dakar [Senegal], : International Development Research Centre |
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Dakar [Senegal], : Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, 2003 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-71770-X |
9786610717705 |
1-55250-139-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (228 p.) |
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Collana |
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Information and communication technologies for development in Africa ; ; v. 2 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Information technology - Africa |
Telecommunication - Africa |
Telecommuting centers - Africa |
Community development - Africa |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of acronyms and abbreviations; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Executive summary; Chapter 1 Introduction: Joining the information society; Chapter 2 ICTs in Africa: The landscape for growing telecentres; Chapter 3 Timbuktu telecentre, Mali; Chapter 4 Telecentres in Mozambique; Chapter 5 Telecentres in Uganda; Chapter 6 Telecentres in South Africa; Chapter 7 Telecentres in Senegal; Chapter 8 Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This volume examines the setting, operations, and effects of community telecentres. It describes the telecentre experiences of a variety of local and often rural communities, exploring the management structures and mechanisms that have been established to support these telecentres. The book provides profiles of telecentre usage and discusses the potential and challenges of setting up and |
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