Bridging Digital Gap To Alleviate Poverty: The Computer-On-Wheels project in Andhra Pradesh aims at economic development by filling knowledge gap
Sunday, January 4th, 2004By Srikumar Bondyopadhyay
The Financial Express
Today deprivation is not only about lack of food, clothing, shelter and healthcare, but also about information and knowledge gap. In fact, bridging the gap can help one in overcoming the other shortcomings, too.
This is what the inhabitants in seven remote villages adjoining Parvathapur in draught-prone Mahbubnagar district in Andhra Pradesh are banking on. It depends upon the recently launched Computer-On-Wheels for People-Centred Development (COW) project evolving into a self-sustaining, enterprise model after its trial phase, though.
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