Beyond the digital divide: Towards a situated approach to open data

Science and Public Policy

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 464-475

  Bezuidenhout, Louise M ^a,b   Leonelli, Sabina ^a   Kelly, Ann H ^a,c   Rappert, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capabilities approach; Data sharing; Digital divide; Low middle income countries; Open data

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY;

AFRICA;

EID: 85024383929     PISSN: 03023427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scipol/scw036     Document Type: Article

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