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1 online resource (239 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- TABLES AND FIGURES -- PREFACE -- PART I MICROCOMPUTERS AND DEVELOPMENT NEEDS -- 1 MICROCOMPUTERS: OPPORTUNITIES AND IMPACTS -- Information Processing -- Social Questions -- Potential Problems -- Technology Transfer -- Early Lessons and Research Needs -- 2 GENERIC APPLICATIONS: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT -- Project Management -- Information System Concepts -- Components of a Computer-Based Information System -- Communications -- Conclusion -- PART II EXAMPLES OF SECTORAL APPLICATIONS -- 3 APPLICATIONS IN AGRICULTURE -- Introduction -- Applications Review -- Selected Examples -- 4 APPLICATIONS IN HEALTH -- Introduction -- Applications Review -- Selected Examples -- 5 APPLICATIONS IN ENERGY -- Introduction -- Applications Review -- Selected Examples -- 6 APPLICATIONS IN MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT -- Introduction -- Applications Review -- PART III MAJOR POLICY ISSUES AND THE FUTURE -- 7 MICROCOMPUTER POLICY DEVELOPMENT: A CASE STUDY OF SRI LANKA -- The Role of Microcomputers in Development -- Major Policy Issues -- A Framework for Computer Policy Analysis -- Summary -- 8 THE FUTURE -- Data Communications -- Expert Systems -- Intelligent Interfaces -- Video Disc Systems -- APPENDIX: Microcomputer Hardware and Software -- GLOSSARY -- REFERENCES -- INDEX |
| Summary |
Microcomputers are an increasingly important tool in all aspects of development as the need to handle and assimilate vast quantities of information becomes ever more critical for both the international development community and the developing countries. In addition, the microcomputer represents the first significant technological advance that a dev |
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| Subject |
Microcomputers -- Developing countries
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General.
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Microcomputers
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Developing countries
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780429701788 |
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0429701780 |
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9780429040665 |
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0429040660 |
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9780429721793 |
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042972179X |
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9780429741807 |
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0429741804 |
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