Information Technology and Development: A New Paradigm for Delivering the Internet to Rural Areas in Developing Countries

by Jeffrey James

Overview

Attempts to bring the benefits of information technology in the form of the internet to developing countries have, to date, foundered on the belief that this requires the beneficiaries to access the technology directly. As a result, the perceived huge benefits of such an enterprise have often failed to materialise.This original contribution to the

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134340231
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/15/2004
Series:	Routledge Studies in Development Economics
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	144
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Jeffrey James is Professor of Development Economics at the University of Tilburg, the Netherlands.

Table of Contents

1. IntroductionPart One: Analytical Foundations of a New Paradigm 2. The Existing Paradigm and its Limitations3. An Emerging ParadigmPart Two: Radios, Telephones and Internet Access 4. Community Radio and the Internet5. Basic Telephony and the Internet in Rural AreasPart Three: Rural Internet Access: Alternatives to Radios and Telephones 6. The Need for Alternatives7. The Role of Rural Internet Kiosks: Gyandoot8. The Role of Rural Internet Kiosks: n-Logue