Development and Democracy/Research

Projects that can serve as guideposts for UNDP project development -3: Implementing rights-based programmes and access to entitlements
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Ensuring right to food through process computerisation: The case of Chhattisgarh's Public Distribution System

Short description: Since 2004, Chhattisgarh has been investing in measures to revive the Public Distribution System (PDS) in the state, including measures that involve ICTs.…

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Projects that can serve as guideposts for UNDP project development -4: Making a difference to the persistently excluded and marginalised sections
IT for Change

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Information and networks for community-based strategies towards empowerment: The case of Kutch Nav Nirman Abhiyan

Short Description: The Kutch Nav Nirman Abhiyan (http://www.kutchabhiyan.org/) has managed a fine balance between the twin imperatives of standardisation and…

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ICTs for empowerment and social transformation - A note prepared by IT for Change for ActionAid International
IT for Change

In May, 2013 IT for Change was approached by the global NGO Action Aid to generate think pieces on the subject of the role of ICTs in development. After a month of online discussion involving ActionAid staff and some outside experts on the subject of 'progressive engagement…

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ICTs for empowerment and social transformation - A note prepared by IT for Change for ActionAid International
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ICTs for empowerment and social transformation

 

A brief exploration of the field

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Technology in governance - An agenda for centralisation, privatisation and depoliticisation
Parminder Jeet Singh

On 20th July, 2013, Parminder Jeet Singh drafted a position paper reflecting on the current nature of e-governance schemes upon sampling and studying recent developments in the area, where he posits that the increasing role…

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