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 debate on developing countries
and IT suggests that the benefits of the internet can be passed on
via an intermediary. That is, what matters is not the internet
itself, rather its ability to provide information that can be made
relevant and useful locally. Intermediaries are arguably more
likely to provide such information and hence more likely to promote
what Amartya Sen called individual 'functionings', for example the
ability to be free of illness.
Jeffrey James is an impressive servant to the discipline of
development studies, here he brings together previously fragmented
literatures to break new ground in internet intermediation.
InformationTechnology and Development will interest development
economists and practitioners in equal amounts.
General
Imprint: |
Routledge
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Routledge Studies in Development Economics |
Release date: |
August 2006 |
First published: |
2004 |
Authors: |
Jeffrey James
|
Dimensions: |
216 x 138 x 9mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
142 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-415-40688-8 |
Categories: |
Books >
Business & Economics >
Economics >
General
|
LSN: |
0-415-40688-9 |
Barcode: |
9780415406888 |
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