Information Technology, Development, and Social Change

The speed and cost effectiveness of new information technology has prompted many to view these innovations as a panacea for social and economic development. However, such a view flies in the face of continuing inequities in education, health, food, and infrastructure. This volume explores these issues – along with questions of access, privilege, literacy, training, and the environmental and health effects of information technologies in the developing world – arguing that a higher level of development does not always result from a higher level of technologization.

Fay Patel is the Associate Director (Curriculum Planning and Student Ratings of Instruction) at Dalhousie University in Canada.

Prahalad Sooknanan is an Associate Professor with approximately thirty years of experience as a teacher, academic, and practitioner in the field of Communications.

Giselle Rampersad is a Senior Lecturer and Program Coordinator for the Masters and Bachelors in Business and Technology at Flinders University, Australia.

Anuradha Mundkur is Associate Director of the Gender Consortium, Development Studies at Flinders University.