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Online.br: current challenges for Internet governance and digital inclusion in Brazil
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Observatório Político Sul-Americano
Abstract Over nearly 20 years, Brazil has shown constant efforts to develop the Internet not just on a national scale, but in Latin America as a whole. It became one of the most important promoters and financial supporters of the Latin American and Caribbean Internet Addresses Registry (LACNIC) and also host... view more
Over nearly 20 years, Brazil has shown constant efforts to develop the Internet not just on a national scale, but in Latin America as a whole. It became one of the most important promoters and financial supporters of the Latin American and Caribbean Internet Addresses Registry (LACNIC) and also hosted the UN Internet Governance Forum in Rio de Janeiro in 2007. Today it has the biggest IT market of the continent and still a lot of challenges to accomplish. This article presents a historical introduction about the development of the Internet in Brazil and also focuses on current tasks to participate in the global Internet Governance process and to further digital inclusion.... view less
Keywords
information technology; network; Internet; Brazil; governance; South America; ICANN
Classification
Special areas of Departmental Policy
Interactive, electronic Media
Method
descriptive study
Free Keywords
Brazil; South America; Latin America; information technology; LACNIC; Internet Governance; Internet Governance Forum; IGF; BRIC; emerging markets; digital inclusion; telecenter
Document language
English
Publication Year
2009
City
Rio de Janeiro
Page/Pages
14 p.
Series
Observador On-line, Vol. 4, No. 1
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works