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Digital Review of Asia Pacific, 2009-2010

2009

The designations employed and the presentation of material throughout this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the publishers concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area of its authorities, or concerning the delimitations of its frontiers or boundaries. [...] In the right environments, both busi- and ness and non-profi t enterprise are effective in rapidly expanding Executive Secretary, ESCAP This page intentionally left blank Preface ICT FOR DEVELOPMENT IN THE ASIA PACIFIC REGION: RIDING THE WAVES OF CHANGE IN A ‘FLAT WORLD’ The Grameen Bank in Bangladesh, one of the poorest countries of the world, long ago made the choice to invest the present and th [...] More recently, in the United States (US), the Obama are the key movers and shakers in the ICT for develop- campaign demonstrated the importance of ICTs in creating ment arena in the region. [...] The edition included reference to disruptive ICTs, a unique opportunity to access the richness and the com- with a close-up examination of the social, political, and cultural plexity of the debates, of the choices being made and to aspects of e-governance and the need to develop appropriate be made, and of the major issues in the interface between ICTs using Open Source programs and local language [...] And we strongly believe In the 2007–2008 edition, we featured developments in mobile in the importance of this complementarity and diversity Digital Review of Asia Pacifi c 2009–2010 Preface x of voices, ensuring that, as in Kurozawa’s Rashomon, the educational sector through the use of technology is a necessary perspectives of the different actors are represented but also precondition to meeting
information technology asia government policy pacific area

Authors

Shahid Akhtar, Patricia Arinto

Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
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CaOOCEL
Dewey Decimal Classification Number
303.48/33/095
Dewey Decimal Edition Number
22
General Note
Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
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ISBN
9788132100843
LCCN
HC681.3.I55
LCCN Item number
D44 2009eb
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CaBNVSL
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CaBNVSL
Physical Description | Extent
1 electronic text (xxvii, 391 p.)
Published in
Canada
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CaOOCEL
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Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
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(CaBNVSL)slc00222785 (OCoLC)752534013 (CaOOCEL)431707
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Mode of access: World Wide Web
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CaBNVSL

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