Peddlers of information : Indian non-government organizations in the information age / Tanya Jakimow.

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Jakimow, Tanya, 1976-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Sterling, Va. : Kumarian Press, 2012.Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (x, 206 pages) : mapsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781565494435
1565494431

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Peddlers of information.DDC classification:

338.954 23

LOC classification:

HC440.E44 J35 2012eb

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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

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-194) and index.

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

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