LEADER 03467nam 2200721Ia 450 001 9910780349903321 005 20230912155740.0 010 $a1-280-71770-X 010 $a9786610717705 010 $a1-55250-139-6 035 $a(CKB)111087028160916 035 $a(EBL)266922 035 $a(OCoLC)475991198 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000178962 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11165698 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000178962 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10240339 035 $a(PQKB)10930267 035 $a(CaPaEBR)405851 035 $a(CaBNvSL)gtp00522087 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL266922 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10137749 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL71770 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/8q6v6t 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/3/405851 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC266922 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3244385 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111087028160916 100 $a20030701d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe experience with community telecentres$b[electronic resource] /$fed. by Florence Ebam Etta and Sheila Parvyn-Wamahiu 210 $aOttawa, Ont. ;$aDakar [Senegal] $cInternational Development Research Centre ;$aDakar [Senegal] $cCouncil for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa$d2003 215 $a1 online resource (228 p.) 225 1 $aInformation and communication technologies for development in Africa ;$vv. 2 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-55250-006-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aContents; 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; 330 $aThis volume examines the setting, operations, and effects of community telecentres. It describes the telecentre experiences of a variety of local and often rural communities, exploring the management structures and mechanisms that have been established to support these telecentres. The book provides profiles of telecentre usage and discusses the potential and challenges of setting up and maintaining community telecentres in the context of poor information infrastructure and limited human capacity. 410 0$aTechnologies de l'information et de la communication pour le de?veloppement en Afrique.$lEnglish ;$vv. 2. 606 $aInformation technology$zAfrica 606 $aTelecommunication$zAfrica 606 $aTelecommuting centers$zAfrica 606 $aCommunity development$zAfrica 615 0$aInformation technology 615 0$aTelecommunication 615 0$aTelecommuting centers 615 0$aCommunity development 676 $a338.96/02 701 $aEbam Etta$b Florence$01524425 712 02$aInternational Development Research Centre (Canada) 712 02$aCodesria. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910780349903321 996 $aThe experience with community telecentres$93765269 997 $aUNINA