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Village Knowledge Centres: An initiative of MSSRF
This case study is part of a research project that sought to analyse how different telecentre models approach development on the ground, proceeding to elaborate a typology based on the cornerstones of participation and equity. To conduct this assessment, four telecentre projects were examined: the Gujarat government’s e-Gram…
Political economy of the information society – A Southern view
The authors discuss the process of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) process and its positive outcomes in terms of Internet governance, and negative outcomes regarding the failure to establish a financing mechanism for Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICTD).
They also…
IT for Change at the 2008 Internet Governance Forum (IGF)
The 2008 Internet Governance Forum(IGF) was held in Hyderabad, India, between 3-6 December with the overall theme 'Internet for All'. IT for Change (ITfC), along with the Alternative Law Forum, the Centre for Internet and Society, the Delhi Science Forum, the Free Software Foundation and Knowledge Commons, sent an open…
IT for Change at the 2007 Internet Governance Forum (IGF)
The 2007 Internet Governance Forum (IGF) was held in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil, 12-15 November) and its overall theme was 'Internet Governance for Development'. IT for Change was part of several panels and workshops.
Anita Gurumurthy intervened at the plenary session on 'Access'. In her presentation,…
IT for Change at the 2006 Internet Governance Forum (IGF)
The 2006 Internet Governance Forum (IGF) was held in Athens (Greece, 30 October - 2 November) and its overall theme was 'Internet Governance for Development'.
IT for Change submitted a paper titled 'A development agenda for Internet Governance - Call for a framework convention on the Internet'.
…IT for Change at World Summit on the Information Society - Phase II
IT: An opportunity for developing countries?
Anita Gurumurthy wrote about the promise of ICTs for developing countries in World economy and Development In Brief. In this articles, she states that even though the IT revolution did open up new job avenues
, and IT-enabled outsourcing seemed to finally hark in the promise of a level playing field of a globalised…