{"product_id":"new-perspectives-on-current-development-policy-covid-19-the-digital-divide-and-state-internet-regulation-9783030884963","title":"New Perspectives on Current Development Policy: Covid-19, the Digital Divide, and State Internet Regulation","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Jeffrey James\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Springer\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Springer\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Development - Economic Development\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Back Cover\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book presents new perspectives on current development policy against the background of the Covid-19 pandemic. The author applies new methodological, disciplinary, and analytical approaches to examine specific major contemporary policy issues. The topics covered include the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic in developing countries, an anomaly in the digital divide, Internet connectivity differences in Sub-Saharan Africa, and the domination of India in the spread of new, low-cost smart feature phones.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is a must-read for a general audience interested in the current development policy in the light of the current Covid-19 pandemic, as well as for students and researchers of development economics and development studies who are interested in issues involving the digital divide and state policy towards the internet in the Global-South.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Springer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45276342485143,"sku":"9783030884963","price":4407.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9783030884963.webp?v=1769285385","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/new-perspectives-on-current-development-policy-covid-19-the-digital-divide-and-state-internet-regulation-9783030884963","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}