Information Technology, Development, and Social Change |
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| Editor:
| Patel, Fay
Sooknanan, Prahalad
Rampersad, Giselle
Mundkur, Anuradha |
| Series title: | Routledge Studies in Development and Society Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-280-68204-9 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2012 |
| Publisher: | Routledge
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $140.00 |
Book Description:
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The speed and cost effectiveness of new information technology has prompted many to view these innovations as a panacea for social and economic development. However, such a view flies in the face of continuing inequities in education, health, food, and infrastructure. This volume explores these issues along with questions of access, privilege, literacy, training, and the environmental and health effects of information technologies in the developing world arguing that a higher level...
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The speed and cost effectiveness of new information technology has prompted many to view these innovations as a panacea for social and economic development. However, such a view flies in the face of continuing inequities in education, health, food, and infrastructure. This volume explores these issues along with questions of access, privilege, literacy, training, and the environmental and health effects of information technologies in the developing world arguing that a higher level of development does not always result from a higher level of technologization."