Information Society Watch

2007, IT for Change

This is a report of an international workshop conducted by IT for Change in January 2007 in Bangalore, India. The workshop proposed to examine the policy options for development in the information society by bringing together policy advocates, leading thinkers and researchers in both fields. The workshop was an effort to construct a social policy framework for optimising the development opportunity in the information society. The workshop report is organised on the lines of the themes that emerged during the workshop; these include - Connecting ICT's with development, ICTD financing mechanisms, Governance & E-Governance and ICTs and community ownership and participation models.

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