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Seeds of consensus
The potential role for information and communication technologies in development:
Empowerment, appropriateness and measuring if needs really get met.
Keywords: Capacity building, basic needs, appropriate technology, information technology, internet, video, village pay phone, community radio, literacy, social capital, civil society.
Acknowledgements:
(Alphabetical) Carolyne Dennis, Mark Hodge, Naeem Khalid, Vikas Nath, Donal Savage and many others,
Alva Taghioff and Olivia Andersson deserve a special mention,
thank-you for being patient.
April 2001
Seminar in Advanced Methodologies and Professional Practice
School of Oriental and African Studies
University of London
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Abstract The potential role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in development: a first glimpse |
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Defining and analysing ICTs |
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Participation and Empowerment: The implications of viewing information as a form of consensus. |
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Information, Trust and Social Capital |
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Focussing the discussion |
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The appropriateness of ICTs |
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Case studies |
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Gasaleka and Mamelodi Telecentres, South Africa |
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Grameen Village Phone, Bangladesh |
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Kothmale Community Radio, Sri Lanka |
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Labour News Production, Korea |
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ICTs, Civil Society, Social Capital and the State |
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Some basic problems to be addressed |
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Why are the components of this model necessary? |
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What the actors in the model should provide |
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The role of apex organisations |
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The role of intermediaries in "capacity building" |
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Some issues in the measurement of the impact of information |
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Bibliography |
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General web references |
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Appendix 1: World Bank national income categories |
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Appendix 2: Potential actors within the model suggested |
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