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Informational Development and Human Development: South Africa in a Global Perspective

In a current comparative research project the interaction between informational development and human development has been examined in various contexts, including Finland, Silicon Valley, Chile and Taiwan.

Manuel Castells Manuel Castells

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Higher Education, Human Development and Growing Inequality in Pre- and Post-Pandemic Haiti

Marcelin, Louis Herns, Toni Cela, Mario Da Silva Fidalgo and Christopher Zuraik. 2024. Higher Education, Human Development and Growing Inequ...

Louis Herns Marcelin Louis Herns Marcelin

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Rethinking Development in the Global Information Age: Implications for Africa

This seminar conducted by Manuel Castells is a follow-up to his previous STIAS seminar Informational Development and Human Development: South Africa in a Global Perspective (24–26 August 2011).

Manuel Castells Manuel Castells
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