Can one laptop per child save the world's poor?
The One Laptop per Child (OLPC) program is one of the most ambitious educational reform initiatives the world has ever seen. The program has developed a radically new low-cost laptop computer and aggressively promoted its plans to put the computer in the hands of hundreds of millions of children aro...
| Publicado en: | Journal of International Affairs Vol. 64; no. 1; pp. 33 - 52 |
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