E-development [[electronic resource] ] : from excitement to effectiveness / / edited by Robert Schware

• Pubblicazione: Washington, DC, : World Bank, 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (194 p.)
• Disciplina: 303.48/33
• Soggetto topico: Information technology - Economic aspects - Developing countries; Technology and state - Developing countries; Information society - Developing countries
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: SchwareRobert <1952->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 ; Annex 2 Selected List of National E-StrategiesReferences
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: E-development
• ISBN: 1-280-24516-6; 9786610245161; 0-8213-6443-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910449683103321
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