ICTs in rural poverty alleviation
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ArticlePublisher: 2001Description: p.917-20.Subject(s): Information technology - India | Rural poor - India | Poverty - India | Poverty
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Economic and Political WeeklySummary: Social structures are crucial in determining who is able to access any technology and use it beneficially. While making new information and communication technologies (ICTs) cheap will make them more accessible to the poor, there will be other factors which determine their impact. The current low penetration of ICTs is a reflection of the digital divide in overcoming which there is no way to bypass a confrontation of low educational levels, which itself is linked to landlessness. - Reproduced
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Indian Institute of Public Administration | Volume no: 36, Issue no: 11 | Available | AR48564 |
Social structures are crucial in determining who is able to access any technology and use it beneficially. While making new information and communication technologies (ICTs) cheap will make them more accessible to the poor, there will be other factors which determine their impact. The current low penetration of ICTs is a reflection of the digital divide in overcoming which there is no way to bypass a confrontation of low educational levels, which itself is linked to landlessness. - Reproduced
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