Digital Bridges

Digital Bridges

Subtitle: 
Developing Countries in the Knowledge Economy
Place: 
Hershey
Publisher: 
IDEA Group Publishing
Phys descriptions: 
xiv, 228pp. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Date published: 
2003
Record type: 
Editor: 
Sherif Kamel
ISBN: 
9781591400394
Call No: 
005.94:004.38 DIG
Abstract: 

Issues about global security have become preeminent in the hallowed corridors of global diplomacy, especially following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the mainland of the United States of America. The events of September 11, 2001, stand alone in their nature and causes, but they have also aroused a renewed sense of urgency in the implementation of policy decisions and deployment of technological responses to issues and regions of insecurities around the world. World leaders, writers, experts, and groups have pointed to the need for a comprehensive understanding of the anger that some societies harbour against other segments of the global community and leadership, and for the implementation of policies and programs to eliminate poverty, injustice, and discontent around the world. The expected outcome of the global coalition to defeat terror was echoed by the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Tony Blair, in his Churchillian speech to his governing Labour Party:

Language: 
Series: 
E-Adoption in Developing Countries

CITATION: . Digital Bridges edited by Sherif Kamel . Hershey : IDEA Group Publishing , 2003. - Available at: https://library.au.int/digital-bridges-4