The State, IT and Development

ISBN 10: 0761933980 / ISBN 13: 9780761933984

Published by Sage Publications, 2005

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pp. 328 Figures.

Seller Inventory # 7650690

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The State, IT and Development
• Publisher: Sage Publications
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0761933980
• ISBN 13: 9780761933984
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The issues surrounding e-governance in India are discussed in this volume.

Topics examined include: governance challenges and the pitfalls of ICT applications; citizen-centric governance; cyberlaws and their implementation; the role of ICT in combating corruption; technological and human readiness to make e-governance a reality; conceptualizing successful ICT projects for everyone; and ICT applications in agriculture and in harnessing social capital and ensuring financial returns.

Review

This book brings together thoughts on how policy initiatives, investments, R&D and incentives aim at opening `windows of opportunity to large segments of Indians who find themselves left out of the digital loop.... The book is essential reference not only for its entertaining style but also for the wealth of information it contains. Author: Business Line

This edited volume surveys the impact of ICTs on engendering an effective socio-economics transformation of India into an epistemic society...the volume makes a compelling case for recognizing the use if ICT in assisting socioeconomic development by improving the accountability and transparency of government activity.

Author: Journal of South Asian Development