Policy Issues In Microcomputer Applications For Developing Countries
Policy Issues In Microcomputer Applications For Developing Countries

Author: National Academy of Sciences

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-06-04

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 1000306690

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The growth of microcomputer applications in industrialized countries is predicated on an existing base that includes the ready availability of affordable hardware and software, trained personnel, capable maintenance, efficient communication systems, and a benign environment; applications are selected and facilitated by a wide range of underlying ex

Microcomputers And Their Applications For Developing Countries
Microcomputers And Their Applications For Developing Countries

Author: William J. Lawless Jnr

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-03-13

Total Pages: 187

ISBN-13: 042972179X

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Microcomputers are an increasingly important tool in all aspects of development as the need to handle and assimilate vast quantities of information becomes ever more critical for both the international development community and the developing countries. In addition, the microcomputer represents the first significant technological advance that a dev

Computers in Third-World Schools
Computers in Third-World Schools

Author: David Hawkridge

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-07-27

Total Pages: 365

ISBN-13: 1349207934

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The reasons why governments of developing countries should put computer technology in their schools are highly controversial, but no less than the actual use being made of these comparatively expensive machines and their software. This book looks at experience in African, Asian and Arabic-speaking countries that already have computers in some of their schools. It is based mainly on research in China, Jordan, Kenya, Mauritius, Sri Lanka and Tunisia. The authors debate policy and practice in the light of experience to date. They identify the rationales commonly deployed by Ministries of Education and international agencies, but argue themselves for a long-term view of the potential of computers to liberalise education, and through such education to reduce dependency and inequity.

Microcomputers In Public Policy
Microcomputers In Public Policy

Author: Stephen R. Ruth

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-03-11

Total Pages: 235

ISBN-13: 0429711891

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This book presents a series of perspectives on the use of automation in the formulation and execution of public policy initiatives in developing nations. It focuses on the use of the most pervasive new automation technology in the developed world—the microcomputer.