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Reclaiming Information and Communication Technologies for Development by P. T. H. Unwin; Tim Unwin is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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The development of new information and communication technologies (ICTs) has transformed the world over the last two decades. These technologies are often seen as being inherently ‘good’, with the ability to make the world better, and in particular to reduce poverty. However, their darker side is frequently ignored in such accounts. ICTs undoubtedly have the potential to reduce poverty, for example by enhancing education, health delivery, rural development, and entrepreneurship across Africa, Asia, and Latin America. However, all too often, projects designed to do so fail to go to scale, and are unsustainable when donor funding ceases. Indeed, ICTs have actually dramatically increased inequality across the world. Those with access to the latest technologies and the ability to use them effectively can indeed transform their lives, but those who are left without access have become increasingly disadvantaged and marginalized. The central purpose of this book is to account for why this is so, and it does so primarily by laying bare the interests that have underlain the dramatic expansion of ICTs in recent years. Unless these are fully understood, it will not be possible to reclaim the

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Author

P. T. H. Unwin; Tim Unwin

Publisher

IRL Press at Oxford University Press

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9780198795292

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Computer Science, Technology, Economics