Information technology and development : a new paradigm for delivering the Internet to rural areas in developing countries /
Jeffrey James.
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.
- xi, 125 p. : 23 cm.
- Routledge studies in development economics ; 39 .
1 Introduction Competing concepts and their intellectual antecedents The emerging paradigm and its intellectual antecedents Fragmentation of the emerging paradigm Priorities for future research PART I Analytical foundations of a new paradigm 2 The existing paradigm and its limitations International technological dualism Information technology as international technological dualism Technological systems The donor response: universal access via telecentres Evaluating telecentres Conclusions Appendix 3 An emerging paradigm The paradigms compared The ubiquity of radio and telephony in rural areas Differential costs and benefits Intellectual antecedents of the emerging paradigm Conclusions PART II Radios, telephones and Internet access 4 Community radio and the Internet The Kothmale Internet Project Conclusions 5 Basic telephony and the Internet in rural areas Browsing the Internet by telephone Telegrams by telephone Technology blending applications to the health sector Conclusions PART III Rural Internet access: alternatives to radios and telephones 6 The need for alternatives Radios, telephones and the burden of rural connectivity Conclusions 7 The role of rural Internet kiosks: Gyandoot The shift to services Gvandoot Gyandoot versus Kothmale Conclusions 8 The role of rural Internet kiosks: n-Logue The sale of Internet kiosks to rural entrepreneurs Rural kiosk-owners as entrepreneurs The political economy of corDECT Conclusions1 Introduction Competing concepts and their intellectual antecedents The emerging paradigm and its intellectual antecedents Fragmentation of the emerging paradigm Priorities for future research PART I Analytical foundations of a new paradigm 2 The existing paradigm and its limitations International technological dualism Information technology as international technological dualism Technological systems The donor response: universal access via telecentres Evaluating telecentres Conclusions Appendix 3 An emerging paradigm The paradigms compared The ubiquity of radio and telephony in rural areas Differential costs and benefits Intellectual antecedents of the emerging paradigm Conclusions PART II Radios, telephones and Internet access 4 Community radio and the Internet The Kothmale Internet Project Conclusions 5 Basic telephony and the Internet in rural areas Browsing the Internet by telephone Telegrams by telephone Technology blending applications to the health sector Conclusions PART III Rural Internet access: alternatives to radios and telephones 6 The need for alternatives Radios, telephones and the burden of rural connectivity Conclusions 7 The role of rural Internet kiosks: Gyandoot The shift to services Gvandoot Gyandoot versus Kothmale Conclusions 8 The role of rural Internet kiosks: n-Logue The sale of Internet kiosks to rural entrepreneurs Rural kiosk-owners as entrepreneurs The political economy of corDECT Conclusions