Message-ID: <F669CA86326@mail1.mcc.ac.uk> Date: Fri, 20 Sep 1996 12:42:43 BST From: Richard Heeks <mailto:mzdrbhs@MH1.MCC.AC.UK> Subject: Re: Internet and Trade To: Multiple recipients of list DEVEL-L <mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU>
I'll sum up the value of the Internet - slightly less than the change I carry round in my pocket. Still, if anyone else insists on being yet another victim to the "Internet to save the world" cult, you could read:"Information Technology and National Trade Facilitation", which comes as two World Bank Technical Papers (nos. 317 and 318), published in 1995, and written by Rob Schware and Paul Kimberley, and which, as usual for Schware's stuff are well-researched and thought out.
You should also consult Cliff Stoll's "Silicon Snake Oil", which helps put most of the drivel talked about the Internet and IT in general in perspective.
Richard Heeks
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