Internet technologies in the Himalayas: lessons learned during the 1990s

Journal of Information Science

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 9-17

  Akhtar, Shahid ^a   Gregson, Jon ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED MOUNTAIN DEVELOPMENT   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

HIMALAYAS; INFORMATION GAP;

INTERNET;

EID: 0035079017     PISSN: 01655515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0165551014233491     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Through its Mountain Environment and Natural Resources Information Service Division, ICIMOD (www.icimod.org.sg) has also been very active in promoting the use of geographical information systems for development planning in the Himalayan region. These projects are not covered in this paper.
2. See: Internet in South Asia, Economic and Political Weekly 34 (1999) 3305-3326. Electronic versions of four articles in Economic and Political Weekly ('Struggling with the digital divide: Internet infrastructure, policies and regulations'; 'Promoting the Internet in South Asia'; 'Telecommunications infrastructure: a long way to go'; 'Online content in South Asia: opportunities and realities') are available at: www.sasianet.org
3. Available at: www.globalknowledge.org/press.html
4. The Hindu-Kush Himalayas: Ecoregion of International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (Environment and Natural Resources Division, ICIMOD, Kathmandu, 1999).
5. United Nations Development Programme, Human Development Index (UNDP, 1999).
6. B.R. Kanel, Information and Communication Infrastructure (Nepal Telecommunication Corporation, Kathmandu, 2000).
7. Available at: www.panasia.org.sg/nepalnet
8. Available at: www.unescap.org/pop/database/china-data/tibet.htm
9. Available at: www.tibet.com/WhitePaper/white6.html
10. Available at: www.unganisha.idrc.ca/itrain/materials.php3
11. Sustainable Development Network Programme (SDNP), Islamabad, Pakistan, 2000.
12. Division of Telecommunication, DrukNet, Bhutan Telecom, 2000.
13. Literacy rates: the approximate average of (i) the seven north-eastern States are Arunachal Pradesh: 60%, Manipur: 76%, Meghalaya: 77%, Mizoram: 95%, Nagaland: 84%, Sikkim: 79% and Tripura: 73% and (ii) two northern States are Himachal Pradesh: 77% and Uttararakhand: not available. Figures on literacy rates for individual States are from Economic Survey of India 1998-99.
14. Available from: www.epw.org.in/34-4647/sa5.htm