Digital Poverty

Author : Hernan Galperin
Publisher : IDRC
ISBN 13 : 1552503429
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Digital Poverty written by Hernan Galperin and published by IDRC. This book was released on 2007 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the problem of inedequate access to information and communication technology (ICT) and the need to develop appropriate pro-poor ICT policies. Shows how market reforms have failed to ensure that the benefits of the Information Society have spread across the region.

Author : Pippa Norris
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521002233
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Digital Divide written by Pippa Norris and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2001-09-24 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is widespread concern that the Internet is exacerbating inequalities between the information rich and poor.

Author : Maria Laura Ruiu
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031561848
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Digital-Environmental Poverty written by Maria Laura Ruiu and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Nikolaos E. Myridis
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031047117
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Poverty and Quality of Life in the Digital Era written by Nikolaos E. Myridis and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-08-23 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book proposes new solutions to the problem of poverty, and begins with providing analyses. It bases most of the analyses and solutions in the context of the digital era. The book also follows, in addition to a scientific distribution, a spatial-geographical one: analyses of countries of the European Union as well as South Africa, while it referring to two main variables, television and art, as agents of poverty alleviation. The book places particular focus on how poverty is understood in the framework of Industry 4.0. It introduces a new expanded Multidimensional Poverty Index with more than 20 dimensions; moreover, it provides a mathematically based solution for the disposal of perishable food. Finally, it does not disregard the crucial aspect of the issue of poverty: that of education planning. This book is of interest to specialists in poverty research, from students to professionals and from professors to activists, without excluding engineers.

Author : Sarah Page
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031371828
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Action on Poverty in the UK written by Sarah Page and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-09-16 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tackles poverty and policy issues in the UK by discussing successful projects and practices, across lots of short chapters. The first section provides a brief history overview of poverty in the UK over the past two hundred years and discusses the question of why the UK, as a wealthy western nation, still has a poverty issue. It discusses various vulnerable groups and contextual factors which lead to these inequalities. The second section articulates what anti-poverty work is and shares project examples from across the country where anti-poverty workers are supporting people to survive and then to thrive. Lived experiences voices are articulated to present examples of poverty being experienced. This book draws on academic and practitioner work and aims to equip the activist and inform the student, academic and policy maker.

Author : Anthony Mckeown
Publisher : Chandos Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0081012314
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Overcoming Information Poverty written by Anthony Mckeown and published by Chandos Publishing. This book was released on 2016-07-06 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Overcoming Information Poverty: Investigating the Role of Public Libraries in The Twenty-First Century considers the role of public libraries in alleviating information poverty and targeting social exclusion, using a three-level information poverty framework. The book proposes a model for understanding the concept of information poverty, develops indicators for its measurement, and provides recommendations for service improvement based on analysis of public library services at macro (strategic), meso (community) and micro (individual) levels. The topic is of theoretical and practical importance when considering the changing role of public libraries today. The book is the first time a macro, meso, and micro model of information poverty indicators has been developed and applied to illustrate the impact of public libraries at strategic, community, and personal levels. Stimulates thinking and debate on information poverty and how it may be addressed by public libraries, education departments, and governments Uses case studies to investigate how information poverty can be tackled at the macro, meso, and micro level Focuses on how strategic policies to reduce information poverty filter through to community-based interventions within branch libraries Discusses mixed methods, using quantitative and qualitative data, surveys, interviews, and focus groups with library users and non-users, to conduct a three-level investigation of information poverty

Author : Edith Ofwona Adera
Publisher : IDRC
ISBN 13 : 1552505391
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book ICT Pathways to Poverty Reduction written by Edith Ofwona Adera and published by IDRC. This book was released on 2014 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'ICT Pathways to Poverty Reduction' presents a conceptual framework to analyse how poverty dynamics change over time and to shed light on whether ICT access benefits the poor as well as the not-so-poor. Essential reading for policymakers, researchers, and academics in international development or ICT for development.

Author : Hannah R. Marston
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1839826401
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Transgenerational Technology and Interactions for the 21st Century written by Hannah R. Marston and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2022-10-25 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is rooted in co-design and co-production, taking an interdisciplinary lens and expertise from academia, industry, and stakeholder organisations to examine contemporary issues and to deliver a manifesto for technology innovation, application, and transgenerational living experiences for the 21st century.

Author : David Baker
Publisher : Chandos Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0323905986
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Libraries, Digital Information, and COVID written by David Baker and published by Chandos Publishing. This book was released on 2021-07-02 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: COVID-19 is profoundly affecting the ways in which we live, learn, plan, and develop. What does COVID-19 mean for the future of digital information use and delivery, and for more traditional forms of library provision? Libraries, Digital Information, and COVID gives immediate and long-term solutions for librarians responding to the challenge of COVID-19. The book helps library leaders prepare for a post-COVID-19 world, giving guidance on developing sustainable solutions. The need for sustainable digital access has now become acute, and while offering a physical space will remain important, current events are likely to trigger a shift toward off-site working and study, making online access to information more crucial. Libraries have already been providing access to digital information as a premium service. New forms and use of materials all serve to eliminate the need for direct contact in a physical space. Such spaces will come to be predicated on evolving systems of digital information, as critical needs are met by remote delivery of goods and services. Intensified financial pressure will also shape the future, with a reassessment of information and its commercial value. In response, there will be a massification of provision through increased cooperation and collaboration. These significant transitions are driving professionals to rethink and question their identities, values, and purpose. This book responds to these issues by examining the practicalities of running a library during and after the pandemic, answering questions such as: What do we know so far? How are institutions coping? Where are providers placing themselves on the digital/print and the remote/face-to-face continuums? This edited volume gives analysis and examples from around the globe on how libraries are managing to deliver access and services during COVID-19. This practical and thoughtful book provides a framework within which library directors and their staff can plan sustainable services and collections for an uncertain future. Focuses on the immediate practicalities of service provision under COVID-19 Considers longer-term strategic responses to emerging challenges Identifies key concerns and problems for librarians and library leaders Analyzes approaches to COVID-19 planning Presents and examines exemplars of best practice from around the world Offers practical models and a useful framework for the future

Author : Judy Wajcman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198782853
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sociology of Speed written by Judy Wajcman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is widespread perception that life is faster than it used to be. This work argues that popular and scholarly claims about acceleration gloss over the complex relationship of technology, speed and time.