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Building an information society: a Latin American and Caribbean perspective

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  • Katz, Jorge

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New technological options that permit the use of digital systems to create and disseminate information around the world are paving the way for new means of organizing society and economic production and are gradually giving rise to a meta-paradigm that has come to be referred to as the Information Society. Viewed from the perspective of developing countries, the question of how to employ this emerging paradigm to achieve broader development goals and to integrate them more fully into the global Information Society is an issue of the utmost importance on the development agenda. In seeking to address this challenging issue, the present document asks three key questions: 1. What does the "Information Society" consist of? The first chapter of this study develops an analytical framework to consider the many complex issues involved in the construction and operation of an Information Society. 2. What are the basic characteristics and distinctive regional aspects of the transition to an Information Society? In order to understand what current and future paths Latin America and the Caribbean can choose to follow in making the transition to an Information Society, chapters two, three and four review some of the specifically regional features of the current process. 3. What policies can help to facilitate the transition towards an Information Society? The fifth and final chapter proposes a positive agenda for the Latin American and Caribbean region's transition to an Information Society. ResumenLas nuevas tecnologías que permiten crear y difundir información en todo el mundo mediante sistemas digitales están conduciendo a nuevas formas de organización social y producción, y dando origen gradualmente a un metaparadigma conocido como "sociedad de la información". Ante esta situación, la búsqueda de formas de aprovechar este paradigma emergente para lograr metas cada vez más amplias e integrarse más plenamente en la sociedad mundial de la información adquiere una importancia fundamental para los países en desarrollo. En vista de este desafío, en el presente documento se plantean tres preguntas de primordial importancia: 1. ¿En qué consiste la sociedad de la información? En el capítulo I del estudio se ofrece un marco analítico para la consideración de los numerosos y complejos problemas que suponen la construcción y el funcionamiento de la sociedad de la información. 2. ¿Cuáles son las características básicas y las peculiaridades regionales del proceso de transición a la sociedad de la información? Para facilitar la comprensión de las diversas vías que pueden tomar América Latina y el Caribe en el proceso de transición a la sociedad de la información, ahora y en el futuro, en los capítulos II, III y IV se examinan algunas de las características de este proceso en la región. 3. ¿Qué políticas podrían facilitar la transición a la sociedad de la información? En el capítulo V se presenta una agenda positiva para la transición de América Latina y el Caribe a la sociedad de la información.""

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  • Hilbert, Martin R. & Katz, Jorge, 2003. "Building an information society: a Latin American and Caribbean perspective," Libros y Documentos Institucionales, Naciones Unidas Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), number 2743 edited by Eclac.
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