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Information Communication Technology and Poverty Alleviation - Promoting Good Governance in the Developing World (Paperback)
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Information Communication Technology and Poverty Alleviation - Promoting Good Governance in the Developing World (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Explorations in Development Studies
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Despite global economic disparities, recent years have seen rapid
technological changes in developing countries, as it is now common
to see people across all levels of society with smartphones in
their hands and computers in their homes. However, does access to
Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) actually improve the
day-to-day lives of low-income citizens? This book argues that
access to the internet can help alleviate poverty, improve
development outcomes, and is now vital for realizing many human
rights. This book posits that good governance is essential to the
realization of inclusive pro-poor development goals, and puts
forward policy recommendations that aim to mitigate the complex
digital divide by employing governance as the primary actor. In
making his argument, the author provides a quantitative analysis of
developing countries, conjoined with a targeted in-depth study of
Mexico. This mixed method approach provides an intriguing case for
how improvements in the quality of governance impacts both ICT
penetration, and poverty alleviation. Overall, the book challenges
the neoliberal deterministic perspective that the open market will
"solve" technology diffusion, and argues instead that good
governance is the lynchpin that creates conducive conditions for
ICTs to make an impact on poverty alleviation. In fact, the digital
divide should not be considered binary, rather it is a multifaceted
problem where income, education, and language all need to be
considered to address it effectively. This book will be useful for
researchers/students of development, communication technologies,
and comparative politics as well as for development practitioners
and policy makers with an interest in how modern technology is
impacting the poor in the developing world.
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