Digital Poverty: Latin American and Caribbean Perspectives
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This book represents the first publication of the Regional Dialogue on the Information Society (DIRSI in Spanish), a regional network of leading researchers concerned with the creation and dissemination of knowledge that supports effective participation in the Information Society by the poor and marginalized communities in Latin American and the Caribbean.
The chapters that follow reflect different studies undertaken by DIRSI members under the common theme of pro-poor, pro-market ICT policies. This theme seeks to support next-generation policy reforms that build on the achievements of market liberalization efforts but at the same time address the realities of what we call digital poverty a concept that seeks to grasp the multiple dimensions of inadequate levels of access to ICT services as well as the barriers to their productive use.
Hernan Galperin and Judith Mariscal (eds).
Chapter 1 / The Concept of Information Poverty and How to Measure it in the Latin American Context
Gover Barja (Universidad Católica Boliviana) and Björn-Sören Gigler (London School of Economics)
Chapter 2 / Analysis of ICT demand
Roxana Barrantes (Instituto de Estudios Peruanos)
Chapter 3 / New Market Scenarios in Latin America
Judith Mariscal (CIDE México)
Chapter 4 / Institutional Design of the Regulator Agency in Latin America and the Caribbean
Jorge Dussan (Univ. del Rosario, Colombia) and Juan Manuel Roldan Perea (Universidad de los Andes, Colombia)
Chapter 5 / Microtelcos in Latin America and the Caribbean
Hernan Galperin (Universidad de San Andrés/USC) and Bruce Girard (Comunica)
Chapter 6 / Selecting Sustainable ICT Solutions for Pro-poor Intervention
Kim Mallalieu and Sean Rocke (The University of the West Indies)
Chapter 7 / Conclusion - ICT and Pro-poor strategies and research
Amy Mahan (LIRNE.NET & Comunica)
