Title: Informational Development in Rural Areas: Some Evidence from Andhra Pradesh and Kerala
Abstract: This chapter examines the factors associated with the diffusion of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in rural areas, and in doing so it looks at the potential role that ICTs can play in the development of rural areas. Empirical support for the chapter is based on field studies conducted in July/August 2004 in two rural locations in two South Indian states - Kuppam in Andhra Pradesh and Malappuram in Kerala. Various projects and programmes to use ICTs for enhancing developmental opportunities are ongoing in both locations. A major conclusion of this chapter is that ICTs can play a potent role in rural development, but only if the basic obstacles to rural prosperity are removed through radical changes - through land reforms, rural credit and greater state intervention in rural infrastructure and primary education.KeywordsLand ReformVoice Over Internet ProtocolInstitutional CreditGood Agricultural PracticeIntegrate Child Development ServiceThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
Publication Year: 2005
Publication Date: 2005-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
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