[This article was published in the April 2004 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
In rural India, there is a need of cost-effective network for data connectivity where communication infrastructure is lacking.
[This article was published in the April 2004 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The growth and development of wireless communication has opened up new avenues of ICT for development. However, with this development also comes plethora of terminologies.
[This article was published in the April 2004 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Communication technologies are quite limited in rural areas and the rural population usually ranges from technology-unfamiliar to techno-phobic when it comes to new technologies.
[This article was published in the March 2004 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
in Bangladesh, there is a worrying lack of evidence or analysis of the actual experience and effects of telecommunication system upon poor people
[This article was published in the February 2004 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Education in Geo-informatics has undergone remarkable development with the introduction of a number of related courses at graduate and postgraduate level in India.
[This article was published in the February 2004 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
When talking about information for development it may be useful to first outline what we are talking about
[This article was published in the February 2004 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Except the lone community kiosk in rural India there are very few instances of knowledge dissemination through IT. Knowledge creation by the community through IT is still a dream.
[This article was published in the January 2004 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The rural population requires banking services that are available at its doorstep and are flexible in terms of the timing of undertaking the banking transaction in order to minimise transaction costs
[This article was published in the November 2003 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
With the spread of information technologies and World Wide Web, certain demands have emerged, touching the vital areas of Governmental functioning such as right to information, transparency in functioning and speedier decisions.
[This article was published in the October 2003 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Over 5.4 million women have organised themselves in 380 thousand groups and they have accumulated savings of the order of 900 USD…. they are now demanding more and more access to Information.
