Informatics Diffusion in South American Developing Economies

There exists an abundance of literature highlighting the relationship of informatics and economic development. At the present time, the most widespread diffusion of informatics in developing countries consists primarily of economic activities related to its consumption rather than its production. Consequently, the informatics issues of most concern to developing countries are those associated with operational and infrastructure problems. This study seeks to identify important developmental factors by considering the situation in three countries in South America. The broad coverage of three distinct countries necessitates a corresponding narrow focus on only the communications component of informatics.