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| − | *[http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=4&tid=59 Information Technologies and International Development Journal] Editor-in-Chief | + | * [http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=4&tid=59 Information Technologies and International Development Journal] Editor-in-Chief |
| + | * [[Berkman Center for Internet & Society]] Non-Resident Fellow | ||
Michael L. Best is currently a Fellow with the Berkman Center for Internet and Society where he focuses on the use of computers and communication in social and economic development. In particular, he studies the Internet and Internet enabled services in least developed countries of Africa and South Asia. His current projects include researching innovations in terrestrial wireless infrastructure (such as WiFi), the role of sustainable energy sources for rural Internet, approaches to monitoring and evaluation of rural Internet, and new technologies and policies to support Internet telephony. Michael’s work encompasses the engineering of new technologies, public policy interventions, as well as social and economic assessments. | Michael L. Best is currently a Fellow with the Berkman Center for Internet and Society where he focuses on the use of computers and communication in social and economic development. In particular, he studies the Internet and Internet enabled services in least developed countries of Africa and South Asia. His current projects include researching innovations in terrestrial wireless infrastructure (such as WiFi), the role of sustainable energy sources for rural Internet, approaches to monitoring and evaluation of rural Internet, and new technologies and policies to support Internet telephony. Michael’s work encompasses the engineering of new technologies, public policy interventions, as well as social and economic assessments. | ||
Revision as of 09:21, 29 December 2005
- Information Technologies and International Development Journal Editor-in-Chief
- Berkman Center for Internet & Society Non-Resident Fellow
Michael L. Best is currently a Fellow with the Berkman Center for Internet and Society where he focuses on the use of computers and communication in social and economic development. In particular, he studies the Internet and Internet enabled services in least developed countries of Africa and South Asia. His current projects include researching innovations in terrestrial wireless infrastructure (such as WiFi), the role of sustainable energy sources for rural Internet, approaches to monitoring and evaluation of rural Internet, and new technologies and policies to support Internet telephony. Michael’s work encompasses the engineering of new technologies, public policy interventions, as well as social and economic assessments.
