Mahan, Amy2011-01-312011-01-312007http://hdl.handle.net/10625/45635Spanish version available in IDRC Digital Library: Conclusión : estrategias e investigaciones TIC y pro-pobreThis chapter amalgamates the different themes raised in this first collaborative initiative of the Regional Dialogue on the Information Society (REDIS-DIRSI). The research undertaken by the network addresses ICT demand and supply side issues, regulatory reform and the private sector, consumer advocacy, new ownership models for network service provision and emerging network technology solutions - especially from a pro-poor perspective. Accordingly, this concluding chapter traverses the different thematic areas, fitting them together both in terms of how they inform and feed into each other, and in the context of assessing the Latin American and Caribbean ICT terrain from a REDIS-DIRSI perspective…Text1 digital file (p. 141-156)enSUPPLY AND DEMANDINFORMATION SOCIETYADVOCACYTECHNICAL INFORMATIONCONSUMER PROTECTIONLATIN AMERICACARIBBEANBook Chapter