UNESCO recently published and informative book: Open access to knowledge and information: scholarly literature and digital library initiatives; the South Asian scenario, which, from what I can see, can be easily modified for all other geographic areas as well. Perhaps it can be used as a template for publishing similar booklets for Africa, Eastern Europe, Latin America, etc.
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