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Subject: 	Information Technology in Developing Countries
Date: 	Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:32:33 +0530
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The current issue <http://www.iimahd.ernet.in/egov/ifip/feb2012.htm>of 
Information Technology in Developing Countries carries five articles and 
information on 3 international conferences.

The first article " Telecentre Matters: Getting the Basics Right" by Dr 
. Vignesh Sornamohan examines two different telecentre models namely, 
the Common Services Centres (CSCs) and Community Multimedia Centres 
(CMCs). The paper is an excerpt of the author's Ph.D Thesis entitled 
'Efficiency and Sustainability of Telecentres in Rural Areas: A 
Comparative Study of Community Multimedia Centres and Common Services 
Centres'.

This is followed by an article on " Design-Intentionality Gaps: 
Explaining Expectation Failure Of Information Systems In Developing 
Countries " by Silvia Masiero. The paper focuses on explaining 
expectation failure - conceptualized as lacking capacity of an 
information system to meet a stakeholder group's expectations - with 
reference to Information Systems (IS) implementation in developing 
countries.

The next article by Shilpi Varshney is titled " Legal Literacy for 
Access to Justice An innovative approach towards achieving the 
Millennium Development Goal".The Department of Justice, Ministry of Law 
and Justice, Government of India with the support of United Nations 
Development Programme is implementing a Project on Access to Justice for 
Marginalized People. The paper discusses the curriculum and contents 
prepared for Legal Literacy under Access to Justice Project and how it 
shall  help the marginalised communities to consider Law not as a 
inhibiting factor but an enabling framework to make their lives better 
with its proper utilisation.

Dr Monisha Borthakur's article on "Need of the hour : Pan India 
e-mechanism to give access to Bharat Nirman & Flagship Services at the 
citizen's doorstep…… /ladder leading to rural transformation/" talks 
about how private organizations can help Government to conceptualise, 
initiate and implement country wide transformational projects to bring 
public services closer home to citizens.

The next article on " SWABHIMAN-An Innovative Urban ICT Project of 
Kerala "  by Dr. C. Krishnan talks about an an innovative project called 
" Swabhiman " mooted by a District Administration of Kerala, a state 
well known for its unique development model. Swabhimaan, is a 
well-defined integrated software solution based on the twin-concepts of 
employment generation and making available the service of skilled 
personnel for the household needs.

Conference announcements include ICDGS 2012 : International Conference 
on e-Democracy, e-Government and e-Society, International Conference on 
eBusiness and eGovernment (ICEBEG 2012) and 3rd International Conference 
on E-Business and E-Government (ICEE) in  May 2012 to be held in china.

We wish to thank all our contributors and subscribers for their 
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The current issue can be accessed by clicking here 
<http://www.iimahd.ernet.in/egov/ifip/feb2012.htm>




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