While psychotherapy has been shown to be effective in treating depression, take-up remains low. In a sample of 1,843 depressed individuals, we document that concerns about effectiveness are top of mind when respondents consider the value of therapy. We then show that the average respondent...

While psychotherapy has been shown to be effective in treating depression, take-up remains low. In a sample of 1,843 depressed individuals, we document that effectiveness concerns are top-of-mind when respondents consider the value of therapy. We then show that the average respondent...

While psychotherapy has been shown to be effective in treating depression, take-up remains low. In a sample of 1,843 depressed individuals, we document that effectiveness concerns are top-of-mind when respondents consider the value of therapy. We then show that the average respondent...

While psychotherapy has been shown to be effective in treating depression, take-up remains low. In a sample of 1,843 depressed individuals, we document that effectiveness concerns are top-of-mind when respondents consider the value of therapy. We then show that the average respondent...

While psychotherapy has been shown to be effective in treating depression, take-up remains low. In a sample of 1,843 depressed individuals, we document that concerns about effectiveness are top of mind when respondents consider the value of therapy. We then show that the average respondent...

This study assesses the impact and effectiveness of the National Information and Communications Technology Policy (NIP) in Bangladesh, which is a key legal framework for 'Vision 2021' and 'Digital Bangladesh'. It investigates the extent to which digital inclusion can be achieved by the NIP...

The Digital India programme of the government of India, launched in 2015, is an ambitious initiative which seeks to effect both process improvements as well as transform governance for the future in India through massive digitisation efforts. Numerous initiatives, particularly in the works of...

This chapter provides a short history of UNESCO's activities relating to information policy. It focuses on the political dynamics and debates surrounding the creation of UNESCO's two intergovernmental programmes explicitly dedicated to information: the General Information Programme (PGI),...

Purpose Many Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) allow students or their advisors to restrict access to theses/dissertations (TDs) by applying embargoes. This study aims to identify why Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) allow embargoes. Design/methodology/approach One hundred HEIs were...

The less connected are those - the majority of the connected in South Africa - who are dependent on mobile phones and mobile networks for their Internet connectivity and who live on or below median incomes, buying data in small packages (RIA, 2018).Current policy and regulation has enabled the...

"Information and communication technologies (ICT) play crucial roles in responding to global challenges and helping us to develop a shared vision of the type of society in which we wish to live. Sustainable solutions to problems such as energy supply, logistics, health care, security, water and...

In Europe's digital policy, digital managerialists, digital frontrunners, and digital convergers have emerged as coalitions among EU member states. This paper lays a focus on their stances on digital-policy reform and on their own understanding of the costs and benefits of the growth of the...

The digital divide is now a subject of priority and a serious concern to East African Countries. This research has been made to have comprehensive understanding of the level of the digital divide in Ethiopia including the neighbouring countries and identify the lessons of best performing...

This Report aims to inspire and guide the researchers and practitioners who can help advance a new set of development approaches based on a fuller consideration of psychological and social influences. (Page 2)

The 2016 World Development Report shows that while the digital revolution has forged ahead, its “analog complements”—the regulations that promote entry and competition, the skills that enable workers to access and then leverage the new economy, and the institutions that are accountable to...

SECTION I: ICT, Digital Divide and Development -- Economics of ICT, Digital Divide and Development – Some Emerging Issues -- ICT and Wellbeing: A Cross Country Analysis -- Digital Divide: How India and China Stack up? -- Evolution of Inter-state disparities in the use of ICT: A study of Indian...

All About Information -- Health Before Wealth -- Predictable Surprises -- Telling the Truth -- A War Footing -- This Time It Really Is Different -- The Testing Economy -- Keeping It To Yourself -- Reemergence -- Rallying Innovation -- The Big Rationing -- The Future.

Status quo der Unternehmenskommunikation: Eine kritische Bestandsaufnahme -- Veränderte Stakeholder-Relations und ihre Auswirkungen auf Parameter, Systeme und Spielarten der Unternehmenskommunikation -- Interne Kommunikation: Digital Insights, Cultural Change, Kanäle und Methoden -- Externe...

There is a tendency for participation to be sidetracked in the highly infrastructure-centric discourse on information and communication technology for development (ICT4D). For some time, views anchored on technological determinism have dominated the discourse. Technology has been viewed as a...

The issue of rural communication development has been conventionally examined under labels such as universal service, digital, divide, broadband deployment, and E-Government, which generally fall into two seemingly distinct categories - access and applications. In China, these concepts are...

Current conversations about health information policy often tend to be based on three broad assumptions. First, many perceive a tension between regulation and innovation. We often hear that privacy regulations are keeping researchers, companies, and providers from aggregating the data they need...

"This book provides information on emerging trends in business innovation, entrepreneurship, and marketing strategies. While highlighting challenges such as successful social media interactions and consumer engagement, this book explores valuable information within various business environments...

Why regulate the ICT sector? -- What is the effect of bundling in telecom? -- Interconnection Charges Regulation: How is telecom different from the Internet? -- Spectrum Regulation: Case of V-Band -- Intellectual Property or Creative Commons? -- Who governs the Internet? -- What are the nuances...

This book investigates the impact of information and communication technologies (ICTs) on development and well-being (beyond economic benefits) and highlights some emerging issues relating to the realities, constraints and digital divides with particular reference to India. It collects a series...

This paper introduces a method for characterising the structure of a multi-sector information system and illustrates its application in formulating testable hypotheses and targeting information policy for improved system performance. This characterisation is accomplished by identifying...

В работе проанализированы основные тенденции, существующие в туристической сфере. Дана оценка основных проблем в области транспорта, гостиничного хозяйства,...