IT, a tool for social development

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Knowledge to Policy
Fred Carden
( http://www.sagepublications.com/)

‘Cyber shepherd’ for grazing tips

Political turmoil is almost always the top news about Nepal, and not many may be aware that, at a different level, the tiny landlocked country is striving to harness the powers of ICT (information and communication technology) for development. “Until 1996, the country did not even have a government department responsible for science and technology. When the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) was created, however, it signalled a modest step into the technological age,” writes Fred Carden in Knowledge to Policy: Making the most of development research.

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