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E-governance for development: a focus on rural India

E-governance for development: a focus on rural India Information Technology for Development Vol. 16, No. 2, April 2010, 149 – 150 BOOK REVIEW E-governance for development: a focus on rural India, by Shirin Madon, London, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009, 256pp., US$85.00 (hardback), ISBN 978-0-230-20157-6 This book on e-governance for development focuses more on “the governance and development aspects rather than the e.” This, as the author clarifies, is not accidental but rather an attempt to illustrate and bring to focus the social context that plays a major role in the success of any kind of innovation. Going by the title of the book and its setting in the Indian context, it may appear that the book is about the National eGovernance Program (NeGP) and its impact on human development in India. The vision of NeGP is that all Government services should become accessible to common citizens in their locality through a one-stop-shop ensuring efficiency, transparency and reliability at affordable costs. Early experience indicates a focus on regulatory services, rather than the services that can have a high developmental impact. However, the author has used a broad definition of e-governance to include ICT-enabled back-end support activities for planning and monitoring of developmental programs. In that respect, the book will http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Information Technology for Development Taylor & Francis

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Taylor & Francis
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Copyright Kavitha Ranganathan and Subhash Bhatnagar
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1554-0170
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0268-1102
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10.1080/02681101003643192
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Information Technology for Development Vol. 16, No. 2, April 2010, 149 – 150 BOOK REVIEW E-governance for development: a focus on rural India, by Shirin Madon, London, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009, 256pp., US$85.00 (hardback), ISBN 978-0-230-20157-6 This book on e-governance for development focuses more on “the governance and development aspects rather than the e.” This, as the author clarifies, is not accidental but rather an attempt to illustrate and bring to focus the social context that plays a major role in the success of any kind of innovation. Going by the title of the book and its setting in the Indian context, it may appear that the book is about the National eGovernance Program (NeGP) and its impact on human development in India. The vision of NeGP is that all Government services should become accessible to common citizens in their locality through a one-stop-shop ensuring efficiency, transparency and reliability at affordable costs. Early experience indicates a focus on regulatory services, rather than the services that can have a high developmental impact. However, the author has used a broad definition of e-governance to include ICT-enabled back-end support activities for planning and monitoring of developmental programs. In that respect, the book will

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