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Open Data for Public Policy in Latin America and the Caribbean
Understanding an increasingly complex knowledge economy demands economic, social and environmental data from a wide range of sources.
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Mobile Money and Local Development
Financial services are typically delivered by large banks through physical buildings with dedicated tellers.
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Quality, Reach, and Impact of Open Scholarly Publishing in Latin America
Better understanding Open Access of scholarly research will help determine how it contributes to the greater circulation of knowledge and disseminating research in Latin America.
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From Data to Development: Exploring the Emerging Impact of Open Government Data in Developing Countries
Releasing freely accessible, standardized, and easily readable government data can increase transparency and accountability. This open government data movement can foster greater civic participation and promote new business opportunities.
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Protecting Privacy in an Increasingly Digital Developing World
The rocketing growth in the number of people online and improvements in computer capacity are making it possible for governments and the private sector to collect and share information on every facet of people's lives.
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Open Empowerment: Digital Natives, Democracy, and Security in Latin America
Increasingly, "digital natives" -people raised with digital technology-leverage cyberspace to organize and change their worlds. The change they are driving is not always positive, however.
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Technologies for Social Inclusion and Public Policies in Latin America
Latin American governments, academics and nongovernmental organizations are paying increasing attention to poverty, inequality and social inclusion, and the role that technological change plays in these phenomenon.
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Latin American Research Consortiums : a Comparative Analysis
Latin American countries are implementing several policies to enhance innovation. Considerable emphasis has been placed on policies to foster research collaboration between different actors in the innovation system.
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Telework and the Disabled (Latin America)
Large-scale diffusion of information and communication technologies (ICTs) have opened up many opportunities for people with disabilities, such as building solidarity, pursuing employment and achieving independent living.
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Partnership in Opportunities for Employment through Technologies in the Americas (POETA) : Eastern Caribbean Initiative
The small island states of the Eastern Caribbean suffer from high youth unemployment.