Information and communications technology (ICT) has obviously. transformed daily life but the role of ICT as a key tool in solving a range of global challenges is often overlooked. In this paper "ICTs for a global civil society and Facing the global challenges", explains how ICT has the potential to revolutionize the lives of people around the world, in developed and developing countries alike. While ICT alone cannot solve all of the problems facing nations, it can and should be a key part of solutions. The paper looks at key global challenges and how ICT can address them. This is organized like a network, just like the global communication systems that produced it are also organized like a network.
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Centre for Local Policy Studies, Edge Hill Coll. of Higher Education, OrmskirkCentre for Local Policy Studies, Edge Hill Coll. of Higher Education, Ormskirk