THE SECOND EBARIO KNOWLEDGE FAIR

Over the last 15 years ICTs have been increasingly and optimistically promoted as a means of transforming developing countries yet little is known about the long-term social and economic effects of these technologies upon societies both in urban and rural areas.

Over the last 15 years information and communication technologies (ICTs) have been increasingly and optimistically promoted as a means of transforming developing countries into “modern” and knowledge-based societies and to alleviate some of the social and economic problems of developing world, particularly those in rural areas. Yet very little is known about the veracity of these aspirations, much less about the long-term social and economic effects of these technologies upon societies both in urban and rural areas.

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From 04 Nov 2009
Until 06 Nov 2009
Kuching, Sarawak
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