New Perspectives on Current Development Policy
Covid-19, the Digital Divide, and State Internet Regulation
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Beschreibung
This book presents new perspectives on current development policy against the background of the Covid-19 pandemic. The author applies new methodological, disciplinary, and analytical approaches to examine specific major contemporary policy issues. The topics covered include the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic in developing countries, an anomaly in the digital divide, Internet connectivity differences in Sub-Saharan Africa, and the domination of India in the spread of new, low-cost smart feature phones.
This book is a must-read for a general audience interested in the current development policy in the light of the current Covid-19 pandemic, as well as for students and researchers of development economics and development studies who are interested in issues involving the digital divide and state policy towards the internet in the Global-South.
This book presents new perspectives on current development policy against the background of the Covid-19 pandemic. The author applies new methodological, disciplinary, and analytical approaches to examine specific major contemporary policy issues. The topics covered include the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic in developing countries, an anomaly in the digital divide, Internet connectivity differences in Sub-Saharan Africa, and the domination of India in the spread of new, low-cost smart feature phones.
This book is a must-read for a general audience interested in the current development policy in the light of the current Covid-19 pandemic, as well as for students and researchers of development economics and development studies who are interested in issues involving the digital divide and state policy towards the internet in the Global-South.
Offers new approaches to examine specific major contemporary policy issues Applies social psychology to formulate new policies towards the Covid-19 crisis in developing countries Explains the dominance of India in the market for smart feature phones
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Jeffrey James
Themen in »New Perspectives on Current Development Policy«
Digital divide Covid-19 Sub-Saharan Africa Smart feature phones Internet connectivity Benefits of technology Digital skills Corona virus Cognitive dissonance Coercive policies Jio phone GSMA KaiOS Technologies Reliance Industries 4G coverage