taking ICT to every Indian village
What can ICT bring for the inhabitants of 600,000 Indian villages? How India is empowering the poor and marginalised citizens to participate in the emerging knowledge society? How will India provide voice to her millions of citizens? ‘Taking ICT to every Indian village: Opportunities and challenges', attempts at answering such questions and exploring the complex interactions between ICT and society.
Chapter I: Processes and Appropriation of ICT in Human Development in Rural India: Bridging the Research and Practice Gaps
We invite you to explore and learn what is the most promising, yet challenging, developmental intervention happening in India – positioning ICT in human development in this nation of more than one billion citizens. Since its origin in 1998, OneWorld South Asia, along with many of its partners, started using ICT in the works of many development organisations across South Asia. During these years, we have witnessed phenomenal growth in software industry, making giant strides in innovation, business incubation and global leadership in this sector. more...
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“This is an invaluable book. Of the many inequalities that separate rich and poor in our world inequalities in access to information are among the most fundamental. They hold back human development, restrict opportunity and perpetuate local and global patterns of development that marginalise the poor. This book shows through practical examples how the knowledge divide can be narrowed in the interests of human development.” - Kevin Watkins, Director, Human Development Report Office, UNDP. more...
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