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2. Social implications of information and communication technology in developing countries: lessons from Asian success stories
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Bhatnagar, Subhash (author / Indian Institute of Management)
- Format:
- electric journal
- Publication Date:
- 2000
- Published:
- India
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23449
- Journal Title:
- Electronic Journal on Information Systems in Developing Countries
- Journal Title Details:
- 1(4) : 1-9
- Notes:
- The Indian Institute of Management and the World Bank organized a workshop titled "Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for Rural Development" to bring together case studies of various applications of ICT that can make a difference in the delivery of services or products in rural areas. The cases presented illustrate the opportunities and challenges in the diffusion of ICT within India and fother developing countries. ICT applications can be classified as those that provided decision support to public administrators for improving planning and monitoring of developmental programs, those that improved services to citizens and brought in transparency, and those that empowered citizens through access to information and knowledge. This paper presents successful examples of ICT rural development projects.
3. Using communication and information technologies to empower women in rural communities
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Grace, Margaret (author / Queensland Department of Primary Industries, Brisbane, Australia)
- Format:
- Paper
- Publication Date:
- 1998-06-13
- Published:
- Australia
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 147 Document Number: C23536
- Notes:
- In "Conference Proceedings of the International Symposium on Learning Communities, Regional Sustainability and the Learning Society (June 13-20, 1998)." Edited by Ian Falk., 7 p., In Australia, as in other parts of the world, there is considerable interest in many quarters in the potential of new communication and information technologies to contribute significantly to the revitalization of regional communities. However, much remains to be understood about the social factors, which affect the success of innovative technology applications. Research conducted by the Queensland University of Technology indicates that gender significantly affects not only access and use of communication and information technologies, but also rural community development. By focusing on rural women's perspectives on communication issues, this research has revealed a need for the development of "soft" technologies to ensure that both social and economic development occurs in an integrated way in regional, rural and remote communities.