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The information superhighway: Some public policy issues for the Commonwealth
Author(s) -
W'O OKOTUMA ROGERS
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
public administration and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1099-162X
pISSN - 0271-2075
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-162x(199702)17:1<93::aid-pad925>3.0.co;2-x
Subject(s) - information superhighway , commonwealth , scope (computer science) , the internet , information technology , frame (networking) , access to information , public policy , public administration , public relations , political science , business , information access , engineering , telecommunications , law , computer science , library science , world wide web , programming language
This article examines the significance for Commonwealth governments of the emerging Information Superhighway. It reviews the nature and the scope of developments in the field of information technology, then considers policy questions raised by the existence of the Internet and eventually, of the Information Superhighway. Governments of developing countries run the risk of being excluded from the benefits of information technology unless they frame National Information Infrastructures. (© 1997 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.)