Public access use and impact / Accès public: utilisation et impact

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    Connecting people for development : why public access ICTs matter
    (Technology and Social Change Group, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, US, 2013) Sey, Araba; Coward, Chris; Bar, François; Sciadas, George; Rothschild, Chris; Koepke, Lucas
    Libraries, telecenters, and cybercafés play a critical role in extending the benefits of ICTs to a diverse range of people worldwide. The Global Impact Study provides evidence about the scale, character, and impacts of public access ICTs in eight countries: Bangladesh, Botswana, Brazil, Chile, Ghana, Lithuania, the Philippines, and South Africa. This report summarizes the study’s key findings, situating public access in the context of national development, discussing some disputed issues, and providing recommendations for policymakers, public access practitioners and researchers. Recommendations are intended to provide a framework for supportive policies and public access ICTs.
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    Public access to ICT and employment : case of the impact of public access to ICT skills on job prospects in Rwanda
    (2010) Damascène, M. Jean; Theodomir, M.
    The paper presents a study in progress that aims at evaluating the impact of public access to ICT skills on job prospects in Rwanda. The study addresses the following issues: the impact of public access to ICT on skills; kinds of ICT skills acquired from ICT venues; how access to ICT changes the level of users’ computer skills; impacts of ICT skills acquired from public access ICT on users’ job prospects.
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    Internet centers/usage by Burmese ethnic migrants in Mae Sod : traversing the borders of Internet divide and recasting ethnic identities
    (2010) Dacanay, Nikos
    This paper looks at the symbiotic relationship between the use of the Internet and the re/construction of ethnic identities. It argues that the incomplete and ongoing self-making nature of ethnic identity can shape how the Internet is used, as much as how the Internet shapes identity. Taken from ongoing research on the use of Internet centers by marginalized women in the Thai-Burmese border, the paper reflects upon the various means and meanings of the appropriation of the technology.