000			01493cam a2200241 i 4500
005			20250323151125.0
008			150130s2015 enk b 001 0 eng
020			_a9781137389329 (hardback)
050	0	0	_aHC59.72.I55 _bO25 2015
082	0	0	_a338.9/26091724
100	1		_aObijiofor, Levi.
245	1	0	_aNew technologies in developing societies : _bfrom theory to practice / _cLevi Obijiofor.
300			_axii, 295 pages ;
520			_a"New Technologies in Developing Societies examines critically, and from theoretical, practical and policy perspectives how new technologies are transforming day-to-day human activities in Africa and other developing regions. In particular it addresses how technologies are harnessed to enhance socioeconomic conditions, and how people use technologies to empower themselves and to foster a strong deliberative democracy. It also studies how they deal with the challenges that new technologies pose to the protection of intellectual property rights of indigenous people, and the struggles between tradition and modernity in the HIV/AIDS prevention campaign. "--
650		0	_aInformation technology _xEconomic aspects
650		0	_aInformation technology _xSocial aspects
650		0	_aTechnological innovations _xEconomic aspects
650		0	_aTechnological innovations _xSocial aspects
650		7	_aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture.
650		7	_aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing Countries.
650		7	_aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies.
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