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Peddlers of information : Indian non-government organizations in the information age /
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are widely heralded as an opportunity for the poor to have greater access to information that can help them escape poverty. ICTs also provide local NGOs that work with the poor access to knowledge that can guide them in implementing better developmen...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Sterling, Va. :
Kumarian Press,
2012.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are widely heralded as an opportunity for the poor to have greater access to information that can help them escape poverty. ICTs also provide local NGOs that work with the poor access to knowledge that can guide them in implementing better development programs. Such ideas reflect long-held notions about the role of knowledge provision as a tool for development. But as author Tanya Jakimow shows, the consequences of the "information age" are often unintended and deviate greatly from our image of an interconnected, modern world. Not only do most page |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 206 pages) : maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-194) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781565494435 1565494431 |