Here are some publications to consider that should have content regarding the digital divide and Tunisia.
AFRICA CALLS FOR MORE CYBER-RIGHTS. Mutume, Gumisai. Contemporary Review October 2004 v. 285 no. 1665 p. 226 Meeting report Communication technology in the developing nations. Lewis, R.. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning April 2004 v. 20 no. 2 p. 159 Digital Divides and Network Investment: Perspectives of the World Dialogue on Regulation. Melody, William H. I-Ways 2004 v. 27 no. 1 p. 21 Journal of Asian Economics Volume 15, Issue 2 , April 2004, Pages 267-285 Copyright 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. An assessment of relative globalization in Asia during the 1980s and 1990s*1 R. Looney and P. C. Frederiksen, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA 93943, USA Received 4 April 2003; Revised 11 December 2003; accepted 2 February 2004. Available online 30 April 2004 Telecommunications Policy Volume 27, Issues 3-4 , April-May 2003, Pages 237-252 Copyright 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. An exploratory model of inter-country Internet diffusion Richard Beilock, , a and Daniela V. Dimitrova, b Habitat International Volume 26, Issue 1 , January 2002, Pages 21-31 Copyright 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. Low-cost information technology in developing countries: current opportunities and emerging possibilities*1 Jeffrey James, Tilburg University, P.O. Box 90153, 5000 Tilburg, LE, The Netherlands Received 1 December 2000; revised 16 March 2001; accepted 30 May 2001 Available online 7 November 2001. Telecommunications Policy Volume 27, Issues 1-2 , February-March 2003, Pages 21-39 Copyright 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. Tele-centres as a way of achieving universal accessthe case of Ghana Morten Falch, , a and Amos Anyimadub Alcatel deploys a 3G/UMTS pilot network in Tunisia 30 Jun 2004 http://www.alcatel.com Tunisia: Police Use Force to Block Rights Meeting Government Brands Human Rights Groups Gathering Illegal Human Rights Watch <http://www.hrw.org/english/docs/2004/12/14/tunisi9841.htm> Policy Reform, Economic Growth, and the Digital Divide: An Econometric Analysis <http://tinyurl.com/53doe> Title Africa: bridging the digital divide Source Saramandir qantrajati [1350-0775] Abungu yr: 2002 vol: 54 iss: 3 pg: 29 The Digital Divide: Implications For African Business Development <http://snipurl.com/ddx9> I hope that these are of some help to you. Sincerely, David Dillard Temple University (215) 204 - 4584 [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/net-gold> <http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/ringleaders/davidd.html> <http://www.kovacs.com/medref-l/medref-l.html> <http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/net-gold.html> <http://www.LIFEofFlorida.org> World Business Community Advisor <http://www.WorldBusinessCommunity.org> On Fri, 11 Mar 2005, Fabrizio Nasti wrote: > Hi everyone, > i'm a long time lurker of this great mailing-list. > Now I have a request for the members. > Sorry for my uncertain english. > I'm completing my work for the degree in > Communication Sciences five years curriculum at > the University of Rome. The subject of the thesis > is the so called digital divide, particularly the > role of community place-based initiatives in > getting technology closer to people needs > both in developed and developing countries. > I'm writing also about the little italian > organization i'm a member of (Pro-digi > www.pro-digi.org) and the one-month volunteer > project we ran in 2003 in south Tunisia, > North-Africa. We used refurbished PC's equipped > with free software (GNU-Linux OS, Mozilla, > OpenOffice and some more) to fit out two labs > connected to the Internet, and ran some basic and > advanced training and workshops for some 30 people > from several communities (basic keybording, > mousing and "filing"; word processing, e-mail use, > web-searching and browsing, web editing, etc). > We also got volunteer help and support from two > tunisians Linux users and developers, who > delivered as well a seminar in arab language on > free software ideas, history and features. > Of the two labs only the one that was placed in a > rural village community center became something > similar to a telecenter and continued to work, > even if with some troubles. > I don't want to bore you with the entire report - > if interested you can find more in our website, > included the basic web pages students created > about their communities - so I'll go directly to > the point: > does someone know about some up to date data, > reports, case studies, articles, etc. about the > digital divide - and issues related to - in > Tunisia? > I guess there would be great attention on > Tunisia ICT issues because of the forthcoming > second phase of the WSIS. So maybe anyone in the > world, the real one, may help me more than Google did. > Thanks a lot > Fabrizio > Italy _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
