Africa's information revolution : technical regimes and production networks in South Africa and Tanzania / / James T. Murphy and Pádraig Carmody |
Autore | Murphy James T. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, [England] : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (282 p.) |
Disciplina | 303.48330968 |
Collana | RGS-IBG Book Series |
Soggetto topico |
Information technology - Economic aspects - South Africa
Information technology - Economic aspects - Tanzania |
ISBN |
1-118-75128-0
1-118-75132-9 1-118-75130-2 1-118-75131-0 |
Classificazione | SOC042000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Series Editors' Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter One ICT4D: The Making of a Neoliberalized Meta-discourse (with Bjoern Surborg); ICT4D; Electronic and Mobile E-/M-Business; The Making and Materialization of a Meta-discourse; Governance and ICT4D; ICTs as objects of ideology; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter Two ICTs and Economic Development in Africa: Theorizing Channels, Assessing Impacts; ICTs and (Imminent) Economic Development; ICTs, Poverty, and Immanent Development; The Prospects for Information(alized) Economies in Africa
Plugging In, to What Ends? New ICTs and the Challenge of Global Market IntegrationConclusion; Notes; Chapter Three ICTs, Industrial Change, and Globalization in Africa: A Conceptual Framework; The Limitations on Existing ICT4D Conceptual Frameworks; Conceptualizing the Contribution of ICTs to Imminent Development; Conceptualizing ICTs and Immanent Development: Sociotechnical Regimes and GPNs; Industries as Sociotechnical Regimes; Global Production Networks (GPNs) and Couplings to Industrial Regimes; Integrating the Conceptual Approaches: A Multi-scalar Framework Conceptualizing the Development Implications of ICTs: Thin and Thick IntegrationConclusion; Notes; Chapter Four ICTs in Action: SMMEs and Industrial Change in South Africa and Tanzania; Situating the Analysis: South Africa and Tanzania's Tourism and Wood Products Sectors; Methodological Approach; ICTs and Imminent Development in South Africa and Tanzania's Wood Products Sectors; ICTs and Imminent Development in South Africa and Tanzania's Tourism Sectors; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter Five ICT Integration, Sociotechnical Regimes, and Global Production Networks Contextualizing ICT Integration and its Implications for Regimes and GPN CouplingsThick Integration in Wood Products and Tourism Regimes; Thin or Thick Integration in Tanzania and South Africa?; Thintegration and its Supply-Side Drivers; Thintegration and its Demand-Side Drivers; ICT Integration in Wood Products Regimes and GPN Couplings; ICT Integration in Tourism Regimes and GPN Couplings; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter Six Downgrading and Differentiation in African SMMEs; Downgrading of African Industries: General Trends; Downgrading in Dar es Salaam Inward GPNs and Downgrading in Dar es SalaamDifferentiation in Durban; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter Seven Emerging Regime and GPN Configurations: Neo-intermediation and ICT-enabled Extraversion (with Bjoern Surborg); Neo-intermediation and Reconfigured GPNs in the Tourism Industry; Neo-intermediation and the Reconfiguration of Zanzibar's GPN Couplings; TripAdvisor: Center of Calculation and Site of Place Fetishization; Conclusion: Neo-intermediation and ICT-enabled Extraversion; Notes; Chapter Eight Conclusion; Major Trends: Deepening Dependence in an Informationalized Global Economy Is Africa "Rising" Through Informationalization? |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910208958003321 |
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Africa's information revolution : technical regimes and production networks in South Africa and Tanzania / / James T. Murphy and Pádraig Carmody |
Autore | Murphy James T. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, [England] : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (282 p.) |
Disciplina | 303.48330968 |
Collana | RGS-IBG Book Series |
Soggetto topico |
Information technology - Economic aspects - South Africa
Information technology - Economic aspects - Tanzania |
ISBN |
1-118-75128-0
1-118-75132-9 1-118-75130-2 1-118-75131-0 |
Classificazione | SOC042000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Series Editors' Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter One ICT4D: The Making of a Neoliberalized Meta-discourse (with Bjoern Surborg); ICT4D; Electronic and Mobile E-/M-Business; The Making and Materialization of a Meta-discourse; Governance and ICT4D; ICTs as objects of ideology; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter Two ICTs and Economic Development in Africa: Theorizing Channels, Assessing Impacts; ICTs and (Imminent) Economic Development; ICTs, Poverty, and Immanent Development; The Prospects for Information(alized) Economies in Africa
Plugging In, to What Ends? New ICTs and the Challenge of Global Market IntegrationConclusion; Notes; Chapter Three ICTs, Industrial Change, and Globalization in Africa: A Conceptual Framework; The Limitations on Existing ICT4D Conceptual Frameworks; Conceptualizing the Contribution of ICTs to Imminent Development; Conceptualizing ICTs and Immanent Development: Sociotechnical Regimes and GPNs; Industries as Sociotechnical Regimes; Global Production Networks (GPNs) and Couplings to Industrial Regimes; Integrating the Conceptual Approaches: A Multi-scalar Framework Conceptualizing the Development Implications of ICTs: Thin and Thick IntegrationConclusion; Notes; Chapter Four ICTs in Action: SMMEs and Industrial Change in South Africa and Tanzania; Situating the Analysis: South Africa and Tanzania's Tourism and Wood Products Sectors; Methodological Approach; ICTs and Imminent Development in South Africa and Tanzania's Wood Products Sectors; ICTs and Imminent Development in South Africa and Tanzania's Tourism Sectors; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter Five ICT Integration, Sociotechnical Regimes, and Global Production Networks Contextualizing ICT Integration and its Implications for Regimes and GPN CouplingsThick Integration in Wood Products and Tourism Regimes; Thin or Thick Integration in Tanzania and South Africa?; Thintegration and its Supply-Side Drivers; Thintegration and its Demand-Side Drivers; ICT Integration in Wood Products Regimes and GPN Couplings; ICT Integration in Tourism Regimes and GPN Couplings; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter Six Downgrading and Differentiation in African SMMEs; Downgrading of African Industries: General Trends; Downgrading in Dar es Salaam Inward GPNs and Downgrading in Dar es SalaamDifferentiation in Durban; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter Seven Emerging Regime and GPN Configurations: Neo-intermediation and ICT-enabled Extraversion (with Bjoern Surborg); Neo-intermediation and Reconfigured GPNs in the Tourism Industry; Neo-intermediation and the Reconfiguration of Zanzibar's GPN Couplings; TripAdvisor: Center of Calculation and Site of Place Fetishization; Conclusion: Neo-intermediation and ICT-enabled Extraversion; Notes; Chapter Eight Conclusion; Major Trends: Deepening Dependence in an Informationalized Global Economy Is Africa "Rising" Through Informationalization? |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910820469103321 |
Murphy James T.
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After 50 years [[electronic resource] ] : the promised land is still too far, 1961-2011 / / Ibrahim J. Werrema |
Autore | Werrema Ibrahim John |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, : Mkuki Na Nyota Publishers, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (184 p.) |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
9987-08-207-6
1-283-63977-7 9987-08-213-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | ""Cover ""; ""Copyright page ""; ""Title page ""; ""Dedication ""; ""Contents ""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Foreword""; ""Introduction""; ""1. The Country""; ""2. Former Presidents""; ""3. Social Services""; ""4. Economy""; ""5. Culture and Religion""; ""6. Political Situation""; ""7. The New Era""; ""Bibliography""; ""Back cover "" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453151303321 |
Werrema Ibrahim John
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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, : Mkuki Na Nyota Publishers, c2012 | ||
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After 50 years [[electronic resource] ] : the promised land is still too far, 1961-2011 / / Ibrahim J. Werrema |
Autore | Werrema Ibrahim John |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, : Mkuki Na Nyota Publishers, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (184 p.) |
ISBN |
9987-08-207-6
1-283-63977-7 9987-08-213-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | ""Cover ""; ""Copyright page ""; ""Title page ""; ""Dedication ""; ""Contents ""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Foreword""; ""Introduction""; ""1. The Country""; ""2. Former Presidents""; ""3. Social Services""; ""4. Economy""; ""5. Culture and Religion""; ""6. Political Situation""; ""7. The New Era""; ""Bibliography""; ""Back cover "" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779322703321 |
Werrema Ibrahim John
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Creating sustainable fiscal space for infrastructure : the case of Tanzania / / Teresa Ter-Minassian, Richard Hughes, and Alejandro Hajdenberg |
Autore | Ter-Minassian Teresa |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Washington, District of Columbia] : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (43 p.) |
Disciplina | 363 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
HughesRichard
HajdenbergAlejandro |
Collana |
IMF Working Papers
IMF working paper |
Soggetto topico |
Infrastructure (Economics) - Tanzania
Fiscal policy - Tanzania |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-4623-6083-1
1-4527-5109-9 9786612842078 1-282-84207-2 1-4518-7114-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
CONTENTS; I. INTRODUCTION; II. INFRASTRUCTURE, INVESTMENT, AND GROWTH: A REVIEW OF THE EVIDENCE; A. Infrastructure and Growth; B. Public Investment and Growth; III. ASSESSING TANZANIA'S INFRASTRUCTURE NEED; A. Physical Indicators of Infrastructure Coverage, Quality and Access in Tanzania; TABLES; 1: Infrastructure Indicators in Selected Countries; FIGURES; 1: Logistics Performance Index; B. Public Investment in Infrastructure in Tanzania; 2: Infrastructure Spending in Selected African Countries; 3: Composition of Public Infrastructure Spending in Tanzania
IV. MEETING TANZANIA'S INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS: PUBLIC VS PRIVATE SECTOR A. Direct Private Investment; 4: Private Investment in Infrastructure Projects in Africa by Country; 5: Private Investment in Infrastructure Projects in Africa by Sector; B. Public-Private Partnerships; V. CREATING FISCAL SPACE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE; A. Expenditure Reprioritization and Efficiency; 6: Tanzania: Selected Fiscal Indicators; BOXES; 1: Spending Reviews in the United Kingdom; 8: Tanzania: Composition of Priority Spending; B. Domestic Revenue Mobilization 9: Revenue Mobilization and GDP per Capita in Selected African Countries C. Grants and Concessional Financing; 10: Aid for Trade Disbursements and Commitments; VI. ADDITIONAL SOVEREIGN BORROWING ON COMMERCIAL CREDIT MARKETS; A. Domestic Capital Markets; 2: Medium-Term Debt Strategies; 11: Broad Money/GDP in Selected African Countries; B. External Sovereign Borrowing; 12: Tanzania Treasury Bonds Volumes and Yields; 3: Lessons from First Time Bond Issuances; VII. CONCLUSIONS; VIII. REFERENCES |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464245603321 |
Ter-Minassian Teresa
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Creating Sustainable Fiscal Space for Infrastructure : : The Case of Tanzania / / Teresa Ter-Minassian, Richard Hughes, Alejandro Hajdenberg |
Autore | Ter-Minassian Teresa |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (43 p.) |
Disciplina | 363 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
HughesRichard
HajdenbergAlejandro |
Collana |
IMF Working Papers
IMF working paper |
Soggetto topico |
Infrastructure (Economics) - Tanzania
Fiscal policy - Tanzania Infrastructure Public Finance Investment Capital Intangible Capital Capacity National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: Infrastructures Other Public Investment and Capital Stock Debt Debt Management Sovereign Debt National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: General Public finance & taxation Macroeconomics Public investment and public-private partnerships (PPP) Public debt Public investment spending Expenditure Saving and investment Public-private sector cooperation Debts, Public Public investments Expenditures, Public |
ISBN |
1-4623-6083-1
1-4527-5109-9 9786612842078 1-282-84207-2 1-4518-7114-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
CONTENTS; I. INTRODUCTION; II. INFRASTRUCTURE, INVESTMENT, AND GROWTH: A REVIEW OF THE EVIDENCE; A. Infrastructure and Growth; B. Public Investment and Growth; III. ASSESSING TANZANIA'S INFRASTRUCTURE NEED; A. Physical Indicators of Infrastructure Coverage, Quality and Access in Tanzania; TABLES; 1: Infrastructure Indicators in Selected Countries; FIGURES; 1: Logistics Performance Index; B. Public Investment in Infrastructure in Tanzania; 2: Infrastructure Spending in Selected African Countries; 3: Composition of Public Infrastructure Spending in Tanzania
IV. MEETING TANZANIA'S INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS: PUBLIC VS PRIVATE SECTOR A. Direct Private Investment; 4: Private Investment in Infrastructure Projects in Africa by Country; 5: Private Investment in Infrastructure Projects in Africa by Sector; B. Public-Private Partnerships; V. CREATING FISCAL SPACE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE; A. Expenditure Reprioritization and Efficiency; 6: Tanzania: Selected Fiscal Indicators; BOXES; 1: Spending Reviews in the United Kingdom; 8: Tanzania: Composition of Priority Spending; B. Domestic Revenue Mobilization 9: Revenue Mobilization and GDP per Capita in Selected African Countries C. Grants and Concessional Financing; 10: Aid for Trade Disbursements and Commitments; VI. ADDITIONAL SOVEREIGN BORROWING ON COMMERCIAL CREDIT MARKETS; A. Domestic Capital Markets; 2: Medium-Term Debt Strategies; 11: Broad Money/GDP in Selected African Countries; B. External Sovereign Borrowing; 12: Tanzania Treasury Bonds Volumes and Yields; 3: Lessons from First Time Bond Issuances; VII. CONCLUSIONS; VIII. REFERENCES |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788342203321 |
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Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2008 | ||
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Light manufacturing in Tanzania : directions in development : targeted policies to enhance private investment and create jobs / / by Hinh T. Dinh and Celestin Monga ; with contributions by Josaphat Kweka, Fahrettin Yagci, and Yutaka Yoshino |
Autore | Dinh Hinh T. <1953-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , [2013] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (139 p.) |
Disciplina | 338.09678 |
Altri autori (Persone) | MongaCélestin |
Collana | Directions in development. Private section development |
Soggetto topico |
Industrial policy - Tanzania
Manufacturing industries - Government policy - Tanzania Manufacturing industries - Tanzania |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-4648-0033-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- Overall context -- A good potential in light manufacturing -- A country with great potential -- The business environment -- Sectoral analyses -- Textiles and apparel -- Leather and leather products -- Wood and wood products -- Agroprocessing -- Institutional support for policy coordination -- Appendixes -- A. A matrix of policy actions to accelerate light industry development -- B. The institutional support structure and value chain, four sectors. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910452834103321 |
Dinh Hinh T. <1953->
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Light manufacturing in Tanzania : directions in development : targeted policies to enhance private investment and create jobs / / by Hinh T. Dinh and Celestin Monga ; with contributions by Josaphat Kweka, Fahrettin Yagci, and Yutaka Yoshino |
Autore | Dinh Hinh T. <1953-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (pages cm) |
Disciplina | 338.09678 |
Altri autori (Persone) | MongaCélestin |
Collana | Directions in development. Private section development |
Soggetto topico |
Industrial policy - Tanzania
Manufacturing industries - Government policy - Tanzania Manufacturing industries - Tanzania |
ISBN | 1-4648-0033-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- Overall context -- A good potential in light manufacturing -- A country with great potential -- The business environment -- Sectoral analyses -- Textiles and apparel -- Leather and leather products -- Wood and wood products -- Agroprocessing -- Institutional support for policy coordination -- Appendixes -- A. A matrix of policy actions to accelerate light industry development -- B. The institutional support structure and value chain, four sectors. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790526303321 |
Dinh Hinh T. <1953->
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Marine Resource Conservation and Poverty Reduction Strategies in Tanzania [[electronic resource] /] / by Jennifer K. Sesabo |
Autore | Sesabo Jennifer K |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2007.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (148 p.) |
Disciplina | 333.95/61609678 |
Collana | Hamburg Studies on Maritime Affairs, International Max Planck Research School for Maritime Affairs at the University of Hamburg |
Soggetto topico |
Environmental economics
International environmental law Environmental management Private international law Conflict of laws Environmental Economics International Environmental Law Environmental Management Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law |
ISBN |
1-280-86370-6
9786610863709 3-540-69943-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Summary of the Book -- and Overview -- Costal Rural Households and Decision to Participate in Various Activities -- Small-scale Fishing Households and Technical Efficiency -- Households Attitudes Towards Marine Resource Conservation -- Conclusion. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784065303321 |
Sesabo Jennifer K
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Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2007 | ||
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Silent violence : global health, malaria, and child survival in Tanzania / / Vinay R. Kamat |
Autore | Kamat Vinay R |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Tucson : , : University of Arizona Press, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (321 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.1969/362009678 |
Soggetto topico |
Malaria - Social aspects - Tanzania
Malaria - Treatment - Tanzania Children - Diseases - Tanzania |
ISBN | 0-8165-9920-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | ; Part I, Global discourses -- The violence of a global killer -- Locating the field -- Commanding heights and failed promises -- ; Part II, Local practices -- Micropolitics of childhood malaria -- Malaria deaths and meaning making -- Malaria, single mothers and social suffering -- ; Part III, Philanthrocapitalism -- Old ideas and new promises -- Globalizing antimalarials -- ; Part IV, The way forward -- From malaria control to malaria elimination -- Epilogue: the end of malaria? |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453748603321 |
Kamat Vinay R
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Tucson : , : University of Arizona Press, , 2013 | ||
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