Recent decades have seen an unprecedented growth in Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), ushering in what is commonly referred to as the "Information Age." This book explores whether modern ICTs can deliver on their promises of democracy, prosperity, and well-being for the people of developing nations who comprise 80 percent of the world's population. In order to do this, this volume uses lessons from the Indian experience-a country where ...
Information Technology (IT) has brought about a major shift in the nature and speed of knowledge processing, thereby transforming the way businesses and, indeed, governments, function. An integral aspect of social capital, IT can either be an empowering force for the marginalized, or be instrumental in creating a new dimension of inequality. In post-independence India, the quest to end poverty, disease and inequality of opportunity has inspired the state to ...