Latin America

Lessons learned from using big data to assess the digital economy This big data exercise was carried out by a team of experts, Veronika Vilgis, Yu-Chang Ho, Xin Jin, Kangbo Lu, Karla Rascon-Garcia and Matthew Reese,...

PROGRAMAS COMPLETOSLA ENTREVISTA DE MÓNICA RINCÓN 04.05.2019 / 17:02 Martin Hilbert, experto en big data: “Aunque no tengas cuenta de Facebook, igual te tiene rastreado” Conduce: Mónica Rincón. https://www.cnnchile.com/programas-completos/martin-hilbert-experto-en-bigdata-aunque-no-tengas-cuenta-de-facebook-igual-te-tiene-rastreado_20190504/...Read More

eLAC Action Plans (a personal account) The eLAC Action Plan (the Latin American and Caribbean Digital Agenda / Information Society Development Plan) is one of those rare and noteworthy international development public policy initiatives, which has...

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Information Technologies & International Development ABSTRACT: The ICT for development community has long searched for comprehensive and dequate conceptual frameworks. In 2003, the United Nations Regional Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UN-ECLAC) proposed a...

Women’s Studies International Forum ABSTRACT: The discussion about women's access to and use of digital Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in developing countries has been inconclusive so far. Some claim that women are rather technophobic and...

ABSTRACT: This book analyses the development of information societies in the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, and provides input for public policy on information and communications technologies (ICT) issues.  – The first part of...

The Information Society ABSTRACT: The digital divide is conventionally measured in terms of information and communication technology (ICT) equipment diffusion, which comes down to counting the number of computers or phones, among other devices. This article...

World Development ABSTRACT: The article presents a model that shows how income structures create diffusion patterns of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). The model allows the creation of scenarios for potential cuts in access prices and/or...

Technological Forecasting and Social Change ABSTRACT: The paper shows how international foresight exercises, through online and offline tools, can make policy-making in developing countries more participatory, fostering transparency and accountability of public decision-making. A five-round Delphi...