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Title
New perspectives on current development policy : COVID-19, the digital divide, and state internet regulation / Jeffrey James.
ISBN
9783030884970 (electronic bk.)
303088497X (electronic bk.)
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2021.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (viii, 76 pages) : illustrations
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1007/978-3-030-88497-0 doi
Call Number
HC59.7
Dewey Decimal Classification
338.9
Summary
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.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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Source of Description
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed November 10, 2021).
Series
SpringerBriefs in economics, 2191-5512
Available in Other Form
Print version: 9783030884963
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Cognitive Dissonance Theory and Policy Towards the Corona Epidemic in Developing Countries
Chapter 3. Digital Divide Reversal: Evidence, Explanations and Implications
Chapter 4. Why is India so Dominant in the Demand for New Smart Feature Phones that are Internet Connected?
Chapter 5. Interregional and Intercountry Analysis of Mobile Internet Connectivity in Sub-Saharan Africa
Chapter 6. Mobile Use of the Internet Among the Poor in the Global South: Preferences, Theories and Policies.
