Full Description
This book presents new perspectives on current development policy against the background of the Covid-19 pandemic. The author applies new methodological, disciplinary, and analytical approaches to examine specific major contemporary policy issues. The topics covered include the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic in developing countries, an anomaly in the digital divide, Internet connectivity differences in Sub-Saharan Africa, and the domination of India in the spread of new, low-cost smart feature phones.
This book is a must-read for a general audience interested in the current development policy in the light of the current Covid-19 pandemic, as well as for students and researchers of development economics and development studies who are interested in issues involving the digital divide and state policy towards the internet in the Global-South.
Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Cognitive Dissonance Theory and Policy Towards the Corona Epidemic in Developing Countries.- Chapter 3. Digital Divide Reversal: Evidence, Explanations and Implications.- Chapter 4. Why is India so Dominant in the Demand for New Smart Feature Phones that are Internet Connected?.- Chapter 5. Interregional and Intercountry Analysis of Mobile Internet Connectivity in Sub-Saharan Africa.- Chapter 6. Mobile Use of the Internet Among the Poor in the Global South: Preferences, Theories and Policies.
