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Egypt: building an information society for international development

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This article examines Egypt's attempt to build an information society for international development as defined by four key variables: an IT infrastructure, a knowledge economy, a public culture of discursive openness, and formal legal institutions which support the digital age. The main finding is that given serious infrastructural challenges, as well as a tendency towards political and economic centralisation, the efforts of a series of government-led projects are unlikely to affect all but the top of the Egyptian social pyramid for the immediate future.

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  • Deborah L. Wheeler, 2003. "Egypt: building an information society for international development," Review of African Political Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 30(98), pages 627-642, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:revape:v:30:y:2003:i:98:p:627-642
    DOI: 10.1080/07
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