New Perspectives on Current Development Policy : Covid-19, the Digital Divide, and State Internet Regulation
Overview
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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- ISBN-13: 9783030884963
- ISBN-10: 3030884961
- Publisher: Springer
- Publish Date: November 2021
- Dimensions: 9.21 x 6.14 x 0.18 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.29 pounds
- Page Count: 76
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