Digital Costa Rica Series

^{Authors: Ricardo Monge andFederico Chacón, marzo 2002}

It is expected that the results presented in this document will be used as criteria to define policies for promoting Costa Rica’s development in an increasingly globalized world, with important technological transformations. It is also expected that its content will be useful for other countries which are also interested in overcoming digital divides, and which wish to share their results with the rest of the world.

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^{Authors: Ricardo Monge and John Hewitt, enero 2006}

This document presents empirical evidence about the role of ICTs in reaching greater levels of development and wellbeing, especially in developing countries. In addition, access to and use of ICTs, in particular computers and the Internet, is studied in Costa Rica using census data from the years 2000, 2001 and 2003. The analysis is performed from two complementary perspectives: firstly, access to and use of ICTs in households and secondly, ICT access and use by elementary school children in Costa Rica, for the three years mentioned.

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