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New information models for rural populations in developing countries. Sponsored by SIG III, MGT

✍ Scribed by Sue O'Neill Johnson; Kazanka Comfort; P. R. Goswami; P. K. Jain

Publisher
Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
Year
2005
Tongue
English
Weight
179 KB
Volume
40
Category
Article
ISSN
0044-7870

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✦ Synopsis

Abstract

There is a widespread belief in the developing world that the global explosion of knowledge may ameliorate the socio‐economic conditions of the rural populace. What are the key information models that seem to be working in developing countries to remove illiteracy, and to enhance information literacy of the poor?

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