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spelling okr-10986-108112021-06-14T11:00:43Z Uganda - Information Technology and Rural Development : The Nakaseke Multi-Purpose Telecenter Prakash, Siddhartha AGENTS AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION AGRICULTURE CITIES COLLABORATION COMPUTER TRAINING CROPS DATA GATHERING EXTENSION FARMERS FIELD RESEARCH GENDER ICT INCOMES INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY JOURNALS LEARNING NGOS PARTNERSHIP PATIENTS POSTERS PROGRAMMING PROGRAMS RESEARCH METHODS RESEARCH RESULTS RURAL DEVELOPMENT TELE-MEDICINE TELECENTERS TELEMEDICINE TELEPHONE CONNECTIVITY TELEPHONE LINES USER GROUPS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY REMOTE COMMUNITIES RURAL AREAS TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY DONOR FINANCE ACCESS TO INFORMATION LEARNING CENTERS LOCAL COMMUNITIES RURAL DEVELOPMENT MEDICAL BENEFITS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER OWNERSHIP INFORMATION DISSEMINATION NETWORKING ACCESS INITIATIVES While often modern technology tends to bypass local communities in remote regions, recent technological advancements in communications have erased geographical distances, and infra-structural bottlenecks: located in some fifty kilometers north of Kampala, Uganda, in a remote village, the Nakaseke Multi-purpose Community Tele-center, has introduced new information, and communication technologies to this rural area, and catalyzed a number of development activities in the region. The Tele-center is part of a chain of five donor supported Tele-center projects in Africa, whose overall objective is to stimulate rural development, by facilitating access to information, learning resources, and communication technologies by the Nakaseke, and Kasangombe communities, and to support improved medical services through telemedicine. The early involvement of the communities, helped mainstream Tele-center issues into community activities, by localizing its applications to an understandable level for the communities. Nakaseke is a successful example of transferring the maintenance costs from donors, to the local communities, thereby moving towards sustainable local ownership. Among its challenges, the development of a framework for information dissemination, sharing, and networking is in the process, by forging practical linkages within information communication technology initiatives in, and outside the country. 2012-08-13T13:10:57Z 2012-08-13T13:10:57Z 2000-12 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/12/1561391/uganda-information-technology-rural-development-nakaseke-multi-purpose-telecenter http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10811 English Indigenous Knowledge (IK) Notes; No. 27 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Africa Uganda
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topic AGENTS
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION
AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION
AGRICULTURE
CITIES
COLLABORATION
COMPUTER TRAINING
CROPS
DATA GATHERING
EXTENSION
FARMERS
FIELD RESEARCH
GENDER
ICT
INCOMES
INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
JOURNALS
LEARNING
NGOS
PARTNERSHIP
PATIENTS
POSTERS
PROGRAMMING
PROGRAMS
RESEARCH METHODS
RESEARCH RESULTS
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
TELE-MEDICINE
TELECENTERS
TELEMEDICINE
TELEPHONE CONNECTIVITY
TELEPHONE LINES
USER GROUPS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
REMOTE COMMUNITIES
RURAL AREAS
TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
DONOR FINANCE
ACCESS TO INFORMATION
LEARNING CENTERS
LOCAL COMMUNITIES
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
MEDICAL BENEFITS
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
OWNERSHIP
INFORMATION DISSEMINATION
NETWORKING ACCESS INITIATIVES
spellingShingle AGENTS
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION
AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION
AGRICULTURE
CITIES
COLLABORATION
COMPUTER TRAINING
CROPS
DATA GATHERING
EXTENSION
FARMERS
FIELD RESEARCH
GENDER
ICT
INCOMES
INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
JOURNALS
LEARNING
NGOS
PARTNERSHIP
PATIENTS
POSTERS
PROGRAMMING
PROGRAMS
RESEARCH METHODS
RESEARCH RESULTS
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
TELE-MEDICINE
TELECENTERS
TELEMEDICINE
TELEPHONE CONNECTIVITY
TELEPHONE LINES
USER GROUPS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
REMOTE COMMUNITIES
RURAL AREAS
TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
DONOR FINANCE
ACCESS TO INFORMATION
LEARNING CENTERS
LOCAL COMMUNITIES
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
MEDICAL BENEFITS
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
OWNERSHIP
INFORMATION DISSEMINATION
NETWORKING ACCESS INITIATIVES
Prakash, Siddhartha
Uganda - Information Technology and Rural Development : The Nakaseke Multi-Purpose Telecenter
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Uganda
relation Indigenous Knowledge (IK) Notes; No. 27
description While often modern technology tends to bypass local communities in remote regions, recent technological advancements in communications have erased geographical distances, and infra-structural bottlenecks: located in some fifty kilometers north of Kampala, Uganda, in a remote village, the Nakaseke Multi-purpose Community Tele-center, has introduced new information, and communication technologies to this rural area, and catalyzed a number of development activities in the region. The Tele-center is part of a chain of five donor supported Tele-center projects in Africa, whose overall objective is to stimulate rural development, by facilitating access to information, learning resources, and communication technologies by the Nakaseke, and Kasangombe communities, and to support improved medical services through telemedicine. The early involvement of the communities, helped mainstream Tele-center issues into community activities, by localizing its applications to an understandable level for the communities. Nakaseke is a successful example of transferring the maintenance costs from donors, to the local communities, thereby moving towards sustainable local ownership. Among its challenges, the development of a framework for information dissemination, sharing, and networking is in the process, by forging practical linkages within information communication technology initiatives in, and outside the country.
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author Prakash, Siddhartha
author_facet Prakash, Siddhartha
author_sort Prakash, Siddhartha
title Uganda - Information Technology and Rural Development : The Nakaseke Multi-Purpose Telecenter
title_short Uganda - Information Technology and Rural Development : The Nakaseke Multi-Purpose Telecenter
title_full Uganda - Information Technology and Rural Development : The Nakaseke Multi-Purpose Telecenter
title_fullStr Uganda - Information Technology and Rural Development : The Nakaseke Multi-Purpose Telecenter
title_full_unstemmed Uganda - Information Technology and Rural Development : The Nakaseke Multi-Purpose Telecenter
title_sort uganda - information technology and rural development : the nakaseke multi-purpose telecenter
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/12/1561391/uganda-information-technology-rural-development-nakaseke-multi-purpose-telecenter
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