| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (x, 206 pages) : maps |
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data file |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-194) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- A place for NGOs? : normative and perverse roles in the information age -- From brokers and translators to peddlers of information -- Hunting and gathering in the information age -- The rise and fall of IVD : an economy of practices in the NGO sector -- Information for development : cultivating model developing citizens -- Knowledge about development : understanding problems and creating solutions -- NGOs in the information age. |
| Summary |
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are widely heralded as an opportunity for the poor to have greater access to information that can help them escape poverty. ICTs also provide local NGOs that work with the poor access to knowledge that can guide them in implementing better development programs. Such ideas reflect long-held notions about the role of knowledge provision as a tool for development. But as author Tanya Jakimow shows, the consequences of the "information age" are often unintended and deviate greatly from our image of an interconnected, modern world. Not only do most page. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Economic development projects -- India.
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Economic development projects. |
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India. |
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Rural development projects -- India.
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Rural development projects. |
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Information technology -- India.
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Information technology. |
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Poor -- India.
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Poor. |
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Non-governmental organizations -- India.
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Non-governmental organizations. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Jakimow, Tanya, 1976- Peddlers of information. 1st ed. Sterling, Va. : Kumarian Press, 2012 9781565494428 (DLC) 2011033764 (OCoLC)713191580 |
| ISBN |
9781565494435 (electronic book) |
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1565494431 (electronic book) |
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9781565494428 |
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1565494423 |
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9781565494411 |
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1565494415 |
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1565494431 |
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9781565494442 |
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156549444X |
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