Research Support
DIRSI Internship Program for Young Researchers – Second Call
The Regional Dialogue on Information Society -DIRSI- invites applications from young researchers (up to 35 years old) to participate in its internship program in one of the following research centers:
Call for Papers
DIRSI's partner, the International Development Research Centre -IDRC - has issued a call for papers on Open Development: Technological, organizational and social innovations transforming the developing world.
Mobile telephony use among producers and vendors at the 16 de Julio Market in El Alto, Bolivia
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Information and communication technologies, social capital, and economic well-being in Latin America and the Caribbean
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Local strategies for mobile telephony access. Functions and structures of the informal market in a low income community
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Cost limits access to mobile telephony in low-income areas: people living in poverty face the problem of affordability. However, these individuals do not remain passive before this difficulty; instead, they develop strategies to access telephony through other means. In this respect, the informal market is essential because it is where many go to buy a mobile telephone.
Mobile telephony and digital poverty in Latin America. Can mobile phones expansion reduce poverty?
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The strong pattern of inequality that marks LatinAmerica and the Caribbean (LAC), the most unequal continent in the world, is repeated, although with different characteristics, in access to information and communication technologies (ICTs). Despite significant progress in universal implementation of some of these technologies, especially cellular telephones, LAC has not reached the levels of economic growth and reduction of poverty and inequality expected with the penetration of ICTs.
Sociocultural barriers to e-government. An analysis from a poverty perspective
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To date, e-government studies have focused on the capacity of governments to implement information systems and networks, web sites and portals. Few studies have researched egovernment from the perspective of citizens, much less lower-income users. In response to this need, this study analyzes the sociocultural barriers that prevent excluded populations in Chile from accessing online information and performing online transactions.
