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Volume 1, Issue 5
1 October 1999
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Research Article| October 01 1999

The role of information and communication technologies in democratic government

David Souter
Commonwealth Telecommuncations Organisation, Clareville House, 26‐27 Oxendon Street, London SW1Y 4EL, UK
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1465-9840
Print ISSN: 1463-6697
© MCB UP Limited
1999
Info (1999) 1 (5): 405–417.
https://doi.org/10.1108/14636699910801160

Looks at two possibilities outcomes for information and communication technology (ICT) in the world. Argues ICT’s development potential is undervalued but its potential is increasing as technology becomes cheaper and diversifies. States ICTs offer important tools to empower the less‐well‐off communities, reducing inequalities.

Keywords: Information technology, Communications industries, Developing countries
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