New Book: Enabling Openness

Built on a seminar on open development, held in Montevideo in 2013, this new book examines a range of questions that concerns the recent development of the internet and other network technologies in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Will open data, social media and new forms of participation improve democracy in the region? Will it be possible to harness the collaborative potential of the internet to create more socially meaningful and sustainable economies?

The 25 chapters in the book include the reflections of many of the region’s leading experts in the area, and highlights emerging points of agreement about opportunities and challenges for the information society in the region.

The full title is Enabling Openness: The Future of the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean (edited by Bruce Girard and Fernando Perini, 2013).

The good news is also that the book can be downloaded for free, in both English and Spanish.