Resumen:
This book represents the first publication of the Regional Dialogue on the
Information Society (REDIS-DIRSI), a regional network of leading researchers concerned
with the creation and dissemination of knowledge that supports effective
participation in the Information Society by the poor and marginalized communities
of Latin America and the Caribbean. The chapters in this book reflect a diverse set
of studies undertaken by DIRSI researchers under the common theme of pro-poor,
pro-market ICT policies. This theme seeks to support next-generation reforms that
build on the achievements of market liberalization efforts but at the same time
address the realities of what we call digital poverty – a concept that grasps the multiple
dimensions of inadequate levels of access to ICT services by people and organizations,
as well as the barriers to their productive use.
