This paper frames a critique of India's existing e-governance programme in the context of a market-driven and efficiency enhancing approach. This narrow guiding vision occurs because of a deficit in normative frameworks for governance rooted in principles of governance reform, and in turn a normative model for telecentre-…
Governance
2009
IT for Change (ITfC) was part of a seminar at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, organised by the BRIDGE team, on Gender and Governance on May 1, 2009. Anita Gurumurthy represented ITfC on a panel with Andrea Cornwall and Henry Amass. The discussion focussed on the emerging complexities in the…
Introduction:
The draft Bill opens up some important possibilities; if digital means can be used to deliver services in a completely transparent, accountable and efficient way, much can change in India. There are many important public services, and many important 'parts' of other…