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In their efforts to leapfrog into the Information Age, developing countries often attempt to catch up with the technologies and developments in the West. The only possibility of leapfrogging would be in the more effective exploitation of Information Technology towards human development. Such an exploitation can only be achieved through strategic initiatives concerning the very nature of information itself.
That exploitation is the information opportunity for developing countries. The paper identifies information understanding and information literacy as prime human resources if Information Technology is to be effectively exploited in developmental processes. For this opportunity to be seized, education and training, and not technologies, hold the key.
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Isaac, J.R. (1998). Information literacy — the missing link in education, with special reference to developing countries. In: Marshall, G., Ruohonen, M. (eds) Capacity Building for IT in Education in Developing Countries. IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35195-7_24
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