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Akshaya: Kerala’s Hallmark Sustainable Model for ICTD
Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are instrumental and inevitable in the development of all modern societies. It enables governments to reach out and address the development goals more efficiently and effectively. This study evaluates the Government of Kerala initiated ICT project na...
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Journal of Global Communication
2014
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| Online Access: | http://10.26.1.76/ks/005942.pdf |
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| 100 | |a Jitendra Kumar Nayak and Sony Jalarajan Raj |9 36891 | ||
| 245 | |a Akshaya: Kerala’s Hallmark Sustainable Model for ICTD | ||
| 260 | |b Journal of Global Communication |c 2014 | ||
| 300 | |a p.61-73 |b Vol. 7, No. 1, January-June 2014 | ||
| 520 | |a Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are instrumental and inevitable in the development of all modern societies. It enables governments to reach out and address the development goals more efficiently and effectively. This study evaluates the Government of Kerala initiated ICT project named Akshaya and investigates the impact of Akshaya on various stakeholders—centre users, entrepreneurs (social entrepreneurs) and state government representatives of the Mallapuram and Trivandrum districts in Kerala, India. Questionnaire surveys and personal interview methods are used to collect the data and user’s response. The study analyzed implementation problems of ICT for development programmes. The survey findings suggest that the Akshaya project is an attempt to integrate two larger goals, mass socioeconomic development through increased e-literacy via internet access, and establishing financial viability through market-driven entrepreneurship. This study reveals that various socio- politico-economic and cultural factors contribute in establishing long-term sustainability of the ICT programs initiated by the governments at the grass root level. | ||
| 650 | |a STAKEHOLDERS; |a INFORMATION KIOSK |9 36892 | ||
| 856 | |u http://10.26.1.76/ks/005942.pdf | ||
| 942 | |c KS | ||
| 999 | |c 87462 |d 87462 | ||
| 952 | |0 0 |1 0 |4 0 |7 0 |9 79773 |a MGUL |b MGUL |d 2016-07-19 |l 0 |r 2016-07-19 |w 2016-07-19 |y KS | ||