• DocumentCode
    1205137
  • Title

    Information technologies in South Africa: problems and prospects

  • Author

    Wood, Gay A. ; Goodman, Seymour E. ; Roos, Jan

  • Author_Institution
    Arizona Univ., Tucson, AZ, USA
  • Volume
    27
  • Issue
    12
  • fYear
    1994
  • Firstpage
    48
  • Lastpage
    57
  • Abstract
    Development of South Africa´s information technologies infrastructure has been skewed by apartheid and the constraints of past policies, but IT can be part of the solution. The authors consider how critical IT is to the process of change.<>
  • Keywords
    government policies; information technology; politics; socio-economic effects; South Africa; apartheid; information technologies infrastructure; information technology; policies; Africa; Cultural differences; Educational technology; Environmental economics; Information technology; Isolation technology; Military computing; Natural languages; Nominations and elections; Voting;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computer
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9162
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/2.335729
  • Filename
    335729