Information Technology, Development, and Social Change

Information Technology, Development, and Social Change
ISBN-10
113632612X
ISBN-13
9781136326127
Category
Social Science
Pages
158
Language
English
Published
2012-05-31
Publisher
Routledge
Authors
Anuradha Mundkur, Fay Patel, Prahalad Sooknanan

Description

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.

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