Digitalisation and development : issues for India and beyond
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Digitalisation and development : issues for India and beyond
Springer, c2020
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
This book investigates the impact of information and communication technologies (ICTs) on development and well-being (beyond economic benefits) and highlights some emerging issues relating to the realities, constraints and digital divides with particular reference to India. It collects a series of novel contributions, studying the Indian experience in an international cross-country perspective. The book also discusses economic, social, and behavioural aspects of well-being as well as access to ICTs across regions, states and individuals to account for the digital divide. The book establishes an aggregate relationship between ICT exposure and well-being at the country level and addresses a number of fundamental issues, such as whether ICT raises the level of transparency and governance. Based on case studies and anecdotal evidence, it then further assesses the effective implementation of service delivery through ICT innovations.
The book is divided into four parts: The introductory part surveys the literature and presents background information on the Indian case; introduces the main themes on the relationships between ICT, socio-economic development and digital divides; and provides a summary and roadmap to the chapters of the book. Part II focuses on the impact of ICT on economic performance, including economic growth, productivity and trade. Part III examines the extent of the digital divides in India, including international, regional as well as inter-personal inequality. Finally, Part IV investigates the impact of ICT on governance, users' well-being and social outcomes. Combining insights from analyses of a variety of socio-economic dimensions related to digitalisation, this book is relevant for a wide range of scholars and researchers across disciplines, as well as practitioners and policy-makers. While the book has a main focus on India, various contributions take an international cross-country comparative perspective, and the results have general relevance for digitalisation and development. On the whole, the main message of this book is that the impact of ICTs is contingent upon other assets, capabilities and institutional conditions. National policies should, therefore, not only promote digitalization as such but also ensure its co-evolution and complementarity with a variety of other country-specific factors.
Chapter 'Digitalisation and Development: Issues for India and Beyond' of this book is available open access under a CC BY 4.0 license at link.springer.com
Table of Contents
Contributors include:* Dr. Vivekananda Mukherjee, Professor, Department of Economics, Jadavpur University* Akshara Awasthi, Assistant Professor, Jesus and Mary College, Delhi University* Dr. Nilabja Ghosh, Professor, Agriculture Unit, Institute of Economic Growth Delhi* Dr. Keshab Das, Professor, Gujarat Institute of Development Research, Ahmedabad* Dr. Chiranjib Neogi, Guest Faculty, West Bengal State University and Retired Technical Officer, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata* Dr. Biswajit Mandal, Assistant Professor, Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan* Dr. Grace Kite, Research Fellow, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London* Dr. Nidhi Tewathia, Assistant Professor, Gargi College, University of Delhi* Debajit Jha, Assistant Professor, Jindal School of Government and Public Policy, O P Jindal Global University* Dr. Pratap C Mohanty, Assistant Professor, Dept. of HSS, IIT Roorkee * Dr. Hastimal Sagara, Assistant Professor, GLS University, Ahmedabad* Prakash Singh, Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Delhi* Dr. Sachala Sahu, Consultant Psychologist, Berhampur, Odisha.* Dr. Ranjit Kumar Dehury, Assistant Professor (Health Management Area) Goa Institute of Management, Goa.* Vigneswara P. Ilavarasan, Associate Professor, Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi* Dr. Kushankur Dey, Professor of Economic Policy, Xavier School of Rural Management, Xavier University Bhubaneswar* Dr. Jyoti Shukla, Assistant Professor, RKMV, Himachal Pradesh university, Shimla
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