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Despite the many challenges to teaching and research in political science in Paraguay, access to ICT has a predominantly positive effect in the incipient institutionalization of the discipline in the country. These resources have allowed Paraguayan political scientists to further their education and develop academic careers in this area, despite working in the context of institutional weakness of the Paraguayan academy in general, and of political science in particular. Digital resources offer professionals as well as students the opportunity to access the most recent academic production worldwide, allowing them to be aware of the main lines of research currently underway, theoretical developments and advances in current research techniques, and helping them become part of an international academic community in a way that would not be possible otherwise.

The scene is set so that the quality of specialized teaching in the discipline will occur along with the incorporation of digital tools to this process, coinciding with an increasing academic production in the area. However, this potential will only be realized to the extent that there is enough critical mass to use these tools in a way that positively impacts academic life. Thus, as long as teaching is not supported by a research background, the use of ICT will have a limited impact in the development of Paraguayan academia in the foreseeable future.