Reclaiming Information and Communication Technologies for Development - Hardcover

Unwin, Tim

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198795297 ISBN 13: 9780198795292

Verlag: Oxford University Press, 2017

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Development initiatives that use information and communication technologies (ICTs) can empower some of the world's poorest and most marginalized people

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Tim Unwin, UNESCO Chair in ICT4D and Emeritus Professor of Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London

Tim Unwin is UNESCO Chair in ICT for Development (ICT4D) and Emeritus Professor of Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London. He was Secretary General of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) from 2011-2015, and was Chair of the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission from 2009-2014, having been a Commissioner since 2004. He serves on the ITU's m-Powering Development Advisory Board, the UK Department for International Development's Digital Advisory Panel, the UN University - Computing and Society International Advisory Board, and the World Economic Forum's Internet for All initiative's Steering Committee. He is also Honorary Professor at Lanzhou University in China. He has written or edited 15 books and more than 200 academic papers and chapters, many of which focus on the use of technology in development practices. He was appointed Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George in 2016.

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• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0198795297
• ISBN 13: 9780198795292
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 244
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