Information Technology Development and Social Change

<p>The speed and cost effectiveness of new information technology has prompted many to view these innovations as a panacea for social and economic development. However such a view flies in the face of continuing inequities in education health food and infrastructure. This volume explores these issues - along with questions of access privilege literacy training and the environmental and health effects of information technologies in the developing world - arguing that a higher level of development does not always result from a higher level of technologization.</p>