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Open Access to Research for the Developing World: As Scientists in Poor Countries Connect to the Internet, Their Colleagues in the Wealthy Nations Must Make More Scientific Literature Available to Them (Research ACCESS)

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Title: Open Access to Research for the Developing World: As Scientists in Poor Countries Connect to the Internet, Their Colleagues in the Wealthy Nations Must Make More Scientific Literature Available to Them (Research ACCESS)
Author : Issues in Science and Technology
Release Date : January 01, 2008
Genre: Engineering,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 225 KB

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Kofi Annan, then secretary-general of the United Nations, noted in 2002 that "[A] wide consensus has emerged on the potential of information and communications technologies (ICT) to promote economic growth, combat poverty, and facilitate the integration of developing countries into the global economy. Seizing the opportunities of the digital revolution is one of the most pressing challenges we face." The intervening five years have seen a rapid expansion in the reach of digital technology to encompass much of the developing world. Top-down efforts such as the One Laptop per Child initiative, now commencing production of its sub-$200 laptop, represent one approach. Arguably more significant, however, is the change that is being driven from within developing countries. In the area of mobile telephony, for example, Africa has generally been neglected as a marketplace by the major international telecom companies, but this has not prevented domestic mobile phone companies from adding subscribers at a spectacular rate. The number of mobile phones in Africa has doubled in the past two years, and there are now more than 200 million mobile phone users on the continent: 10 times the number of landlines. Although cellular modems are not the ideal way to connect to the Internet, this is nevertheless an enormous leap in access.