Young Researchers Competition - editions 2006 and 2007

Second edition (2007)

Proposed research subjects

• Strategies for the development of the information society among low income sectors in Latin America and the Caribbean

Final reports of the winner projects

MUJICA, JARIS. (2007) Local strategies for mobile telephony access. Functions and structures of the informal market in a low income community. Young researchers competition series, 3. Lima, DIRSI.

TOLEDO, FERNANDO. (2008) Information and communication technologies, social capital, and economic well-being in Latin America and the Caribbean. Young researchers competition series, 4. Lima, DIRSI.

ZEGARRA, JOSÉ. (2008) Mobile telephony use among producers and vendors at the 16 de Julio Market in El Alto, Bolivia. Young researchers competition series, 5. Lima, IDRC.

First edition (2006)

Proposed research subjects

•  Analysis of the demand. What is digital poverty and how to measure it.

•  Analysis of the supply. New models of ownership and management of networks

•  The challenge of the universal service

•  Regulatory tools for promoting access, participation and empowerment of the poor

Final reports of the winner projects

SALAMANCA, MARIA INES. (2007) Sociocultural barriers to e-government. An analysis from a poverty perspective. Young researcher competition series, 1. Lima, DIRSI. 

BONINA, CARLA y RIVERO, MARTIN. (2007) Mobile telephony and digital poverty in Latin America. Can mobile phones expansion reduce poverty? Young researchers competition series, 2. Lima, DIRSI.