Costa Rica and the challenge to the Information Society

 

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Autor: Gómez Merayo, Matilde
Formato: artículo original
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de Publicación:2013
Descripción:The following article makes reference to public policies and their importance to include Costa Rica in the information society (IS). These policies allow creating the necessary conditions to sustain IS. Also, they are the operating framework that should permit to have a more inclusive, multicultural Costa Rican society that guarantees the democratic access to information, knowledge and ICT’s. In order to establish the Information Society (IS) in Costa Rica, and in any other country, it is required to develop an action plan based on the collaboration of the public and private sectors. On one side, the public sector in charge of the promotion, regulation of activities through public policies. On the other side, the private sector implementing those public policies and financing the information society in the creation of new services, products, jobs, and a competitive economy. In the search for the State’s efficiency and transparency, there are two types of relation: State – ICT’s and State – Information Society, both with the purpose of achieving a greater economic growth and citizen’s welfare. Unfortunately, Costa Rica lacks public policies that guarantee free access to public information and ICT’s. Additionally, the lack of politic will and politicians’ interests, these relations are impossible to establish and States’ efficiency and transparency are unattainable.
País:Portal de Revistas UCR
Institución:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Lenguaje:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/8495
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/eciencias/article/view/8495
Palabra clave:sociedad de la información
políticas de información
políticas públicas
acceso a tic
information society
information policies
public policies
tic access