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This book analyzes the use of the mobile Internet against the background of gender bias and Covid-19, currently two of the most important and pressing problems of the Global South. The book argues that the degree of benefits from this new technology depends heavily on the way it is actually used and that most new technologies are developed for the conditions prevailing in rich countries, where they tend to be quite easily adopted and used. In ...

First published in 1989, The Technological Behaviour of Public Enterprises in Developing Countries presents essays based on original research work to employ a wide variety of approaches to analyse the technological choices made by public enterprises in Tanzania, India, Argentina, and Brazil.

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 o...

This novel book, motivated by the recent introduction of a major innovation in information technology, explores the possibility of the Internet being made available to millions of poor people in developing countries, who are not yet connected. The new technology, known as a smart feature phone, is based on open-source software and otherwise designed for a low-income population. The purpose of this book is to examine the origins, spread and imp...

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Sustainable Growth in the African Economy considers whether the relatively rapid growth of recent years can be maintained or improved upon, with a focus on the process of industrialization. This book seeks to show how this distorted growth process leaves out the major resource of these countries ¿ labour ¿ends up creating unstable emplo

A biography of the sons of William the Conqueror, covering Robert, William and Henry's differing paths across the Norman era and First Crusade.

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An extensive literature has demonstrated that technologies in Sub-Saharan Africa are largely inappropriate:that is, that they are typically capital and import-intensive rather than labour and local input-intensive.These technologies have created a pattern of development that is highly unequal with widespread unemployment and under employment.

Jeffrey James is one of the relatively few academics to have systematically taken on the topic of IT and development. In this book he undertakes a methodological critique of prominent topics in the debate.

A fascinating saga of invasion, resistance and colonisation

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The name Rolex is recognized around the world. It has become an icon of beauty, quality, accuracy, style, and taste. While there are other fine manufacturers of timepieces, none has reached this pinnacle of public respect and acclaim. The watches produced by Rolex over the last 100 years are celebrated in this lavishly illustrated classic, now in a revised and expanded third edition. Over 30 newly discovered wristwatches are included in this v...

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