Information and communication technologies for economic and regional developments

"This book includes evolution, planning, development, implementation and practical implications of diversified development practices around the world, focusing on socio-economic empowerment and regional developments through ICTs; it provides recommendations, success cases and failures of those...

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Corporate Author: IGI Global.
Other Authors: Rahman, Hakikur, 1957-
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2007.
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Table of Contents:
  • ICTs and educational benefits in regional development / James Rennie
  • Strategies for the cooperation of higher education institutions in ICT / Juha Kettunen
  • ICT-based learning: a basic ingredient for socio-economic empowerment / Hakikur Rahman
  • New ICTs for conflict prevention and management / Ángela-Jo Medina
  • Technological innovation, trade and development / Laura Márquez-Ramos, Inmaculada Martínez-Zarzoso, Celestino Suárez-Burguet
  • Support networks for rural and regional communities / Tom Denison
  • Developing a global perspective for knowledge management / Martin Schell
  • Cultural knowledge management and broadband content in development: open content platforms, copyright, and archives / David Rooney ... [et al.]
  • Holistic evaluation of the roles of ICTs in regional development / Chris Keen, Dean Steer, Paul Turner
  • Role of ICTs in socioeconomic development and poverty reduction / Hakikur Rahman
  • A dissemination strategy for the management of knowledge in rural communities / Ken Stevens
  • Role of ICT in development process: a review of issues and prospects in South Asia / Dilip Dutta
  • Potential challenges of ICT implementations in Sri Lanka / Kennedy Gunawardana
  • E-government practices in regional context: Turkish case / Derya Altunbas, Elif Tosun
  • ICTs as tools for poverty reduction: the Tanzanian experience / Zaipuna Yonah, Baanda Salim
  • Management of new genetic knowledge for economic and regional development of ethnic minorities in China / Jan-Eerik Leppanen.