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The State, IT and Development
Author(s): R K Bagga (Editor), Kenneth Keniston (Editor), Rohit Raj Mathur (Editor)
- Publisher: SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd
- Publication Date: December 1, 2005
- Edition: First Edition
- Language: English
- Print length: 328 pages
- ISBN-10: 0761933999
- ISBN-13: 9780761933991
Book Description
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.
Editorial Reviews
Review
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.
— Journal of South Asian Development
