Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C16303
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Chapter 6 in Rafiq Dossani (ed.), Telecommunications reform in India. Quorum Books, Westport, Connecticut. 258 pages., Author describes a proposal wherein the state should build 5,000 communications centers or "work centers" and link these to the rail and fiber infrastructures. Every citizen can access a telephone, the Internet, health care and education. "People stay within the traditional semirural or rural infrastructure, within their 'circle,' rather than moving away from their families to the overcrowded cities."
This study "finds that, historically, telecommunications rollout has had a positive and significant impact on increasing inequality and little impact on quality of life variables." Authors also find evidence that the Internet will also be a force for income divergence.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 167 Document Number: C27908
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Presented at the Participatory Communication Research Section in the annual meeting of the International Association for Media and Communication Research, Barcelona, Spain, July 21-26, 2002. 11 pages.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 146 Document Number: C23190
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The Communication Initiative. 2 pages., Describes a program to introduce wireless telephone and Internet service in 5,000 West Bengal villages. An accompanying brief describes plans to provide information services in a Laos village via special computers powered by stationary bicycles.
Vittachi, Anuradha (author / Director, OneWorld International Foundation) and OneWorld International Foundation, London, England.
Format:
Speech
Publication Date:
2002-12
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 150 Document Number: C24174
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Retrieved May 5, 2006, From oneworld.net 9 pages., Kanchana Abhayapala Memorial Lecture in Sri Lanka. Speaker calls for listening to voices of those who usually are rendered voiceless. Provides case examples of using information and communication technologies for grassroots development.
