Title: Online and upcoming: The Internet's impact on India
Authors: Chandra Gnanasambandam, Anu Madgavkar, Noshir Kaka, James Manyika, Michael Chui, Jaques Bughin, Malcolm Gomes
Publisher: McKinsey&Company
Date (published): 15/12/2012
Date (accessed): 10/04/2012
Type of information: research report executive summary
Language: English
On-line access: yes (pdf)
Abstract: The report assesses the impact of the Internet on India's economy, estimating its impact on GDP. As a basis of comparison, the research group used a set of 57 countries, both developed and developing.

Title: Going Digital: Credit Effects of Land Registry Computerization in India
Authors: Klaus Deininger, Aparajita Goyal
Source: World Bank
Date (published): 19/12/2012
Date (accessed): 10/02/2013
Type of information: case study
Language: English
On-line access: yes
Abstract: Digitization of land records represents a unique way to test for credit supply effects of improved land administration information over time. We exploit variation in the timing of the shift from manual to digital operation of Andhra Pradesh’s 387 sub registry offices during the state-wide rollout of this intervention from 1999 to 2005. Data on credit disbursement and registered mortgages for the 1995-2007 period point to significant, though quantitatively modest, increases in credit access in urban areas. Institutional factors allow us to explain these results.

Title: India drafts agenda to spread IT literacy
Source: eGov Magazine
Date (published): 23/01/2013
Date (accessed): 23/01/2013
Type of information: blog post
Language: English
On-line access: yes
Abstract: According to the draft agenda,the government will make one person Information Technology (IT) literate in every household by 2020.

Title: 250K village panchayats to get optic fiber network
Source: Business Standard
Date (published): 17/09/2012
Date (accessed): 19/09/2012
Type of information: blog post
Language:English
On-line access: yes
Abstract: To usher in the second revolution in information and communication technology (ICT) government of India plans to connect 250,000 village panchayats through an optical fiber network in next two years time.

Title: Internet in rural India 2012
Pages: 12 pp.
Source: Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI)
Date (published): 15/06/2012
Date (accessed): 09/09/2012
Type of information: research report
Language: English
On-line access: yes
Abstract: Rural India has 38 million claimed internet users and 31 million active internet users. The report further states that mobile phones are fast emerging as an important point of internet access in rural India. As of June 2012, there were 3.6 Mn Mobile Internet Users in India, a growth of 7.2 times from 0.5 million in 2010. The report further states that mobile phones are fast emerging as an important point of internet access in rural India. As of June 2012, there were 3.6 Mn Mobile Internet Users in India, a growth of 7.2 times from 0.5 million in 2010.

Title: Modern ICT for Agricultural Development and Risk Management in Smallholder Agriculture in India
Author: Surabhi Mittal
ISBN: 978-607-95844-2-9
Publisher: The International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
Date (published): 20/04/2012
Date (accessed): 22/08/2012
Type of information: working paper
Language: English
On-line access: yes (html)
Abstract: The overall goal or expected outcome of this research is to see the potential of modern Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to improve yields and income, and to disseminate knowledge to farmers to help them manage risk in an informed manner.

Title: Initial findings from GSMA mWomen Research
Author: Ranjula Senaratna Perera
Source: LIRNEasia
Date (published): 08/02/2012
Date (accessed): 15/02/2012
Type of information: blog post
Language: English
On-line access: yes (HTML)
Abstract:
"The topline findings from the initial stage of the GSMA mWomen Research in India, Egypt, Papua New Guinea and Uganda were presented recently. It explored the Wants and Needs of BOP Women through a qualitative study.

Some of the insights of ‘mobile as a tool’ are below.

Mobile use by BOP women seem to be driven by practical, utility-oriented needs such as family coordination and emergencies rather than the desire to socialize and ‘chat’.
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Radio proved to be important as a kill-time feature of the mobile handset, an indication that greater emphasis should be placed on entertainment and infotainment services for women in addition to important life-enhancing services such as mHealth, mAgri, mobile money, etc.
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BOP women had limited knowledge of VAS, including limited use of SMS…"
(Mobile value-added services (VAS) are those services that offer differentiation and the ability for mobile operators to charge a premium price.)

Title: The Indian web and mobile markets by the numbers
Author: Katie Fehrenbacher
Source: GigaOM
Date (published): 14/12/2011
Date (accessed): 15/12/2011
Type of information: blog post
Language: English
On-line access: yes (HTML)
Abstract:
"Sometimes it’s just easier to get a high-level picture of a market if you look directly at the numbers. Google India Managing Director Rajan Anandan gave a fascinating talk to our Geeks on a Plane India group this week, giving us a snap shot of the data that is driving the consumers, entrepreneurs, trends and investors in the rapidly growing Indian web and mobile markets.

Anandan says: “We’re probably in 1996 in the U.S. in terms of the Internet market in India.” Here’s the stats from Anandan’s deck. India has:
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Title: ICTs and Informal Learning in Developing Countries
Author: Christopher Foster
Pages: 44 pp.
ISBN: 978-1-905469-16-1
Source: Working Paper Series, Paper No. 46, Development Informatics Group
Publisher: Institute for Development Policy and Management, University of Manchester
Date (published): 09/03/2011
Date (accessed): 04/12/2011
Type of information: working paper
Language: English
On-line access: yes (pdf)
Abstract:
"This paper presents an approach to understanding information and communication technology-for-development (ICT4D) interventions based around informal learning, where the ongoing process of using ICTs – rather than informational products – is seen as the principal development driver.

A conceptual model of informal learning in ICT4D is constructed. This model moves beyond the treatment of informal learning as a single unproblematic concept, to illustrate that there is a landscape of contrasting modes of informal learning and subsequent development outcomes that can occur within the processes of ICT4D projects.

We use this model to provide guidelines that will help practitioners to understand ICT process within their projects and how they might 'design' projects around informal learning; through linking actions and ICT use to desired development outcomes.

This study is supported by a review of the literature; in particular using case studies from India and Brazil to illustrate how informal learning can become the principal focus of an intervention, and potentially provide more appropriate ways to understand empowerment, social change and participatory production within ICT4D.

Educator's guide to student questions for this paper.

Table of Contents
Introduction …………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 2
A. INFORMAL LEARNING IN THE LITERATURE………………………………………………….. 3
A.1. ICTs and Informal Learning in Developing Countries ……………………………….. 3
A.2. Theoretical Approaches …………………………………………………………………………. 5
B. THE 'THREE DIRECTIONS' MODEL OF INFORMAL LEARNING………………………… 6
B.1. A Critique of Development as Empowerment ……………………………………………. 6
B.2. Three Informal Learning Outcomes Beyond Empowerment………………………… 8
B.3. Pedagogical Approach within the 'Three Directions' of Informal Learning…..11
B.4. Summary – A Model for Informal Learning in ICT4D ……………………………… 14
B.5. Locating ICT4D Projects in the Three Directions Model ………………………….. 15
C. APPLYING THE 'THREE DIRECTIONS' MODEL…………………………………………….. 16
C.1. Learning and Radio in India…………………………………………………………………. 16
C.2. Networked Cultural Learning in Brazil ………………………………………………….. 21
D. PRACTITIONER ADVICE ON USE OF INFORMAL LEARNING APPROACHES ……… 29
E. CONCLUSIONS…………………………………………………………………………………………. 33
E.1. Informal Learning and ICT4D2.0 ………………………………………………………….. 33
E.2. Future Work………………………………………………………………………………………… 33
E.3. Final Summary ……………………………………………………………………………………. 34
REFERENCES …………………………………………………………………………………………………… 35"

Title: ICTs for Agricultural Extension: A Study in the Indian Himalayan Region
Authors: Vyakaranam L.V. Kameswari, Devash Kishore, Vinita Gupta
Pages: 12 pp.
ISSN: 1681-4835
Source: The Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries, (2011) 48, 3, 1-12
Publisher: City University of Hong Kong
Date (published): 28/08/2011
Date (accessed): 20/11/2011
Type of information: peer reviewed article
Language: English
On-line access: yes (pdf)
Abstract:
"This paper reports on the availability, use and information seeking behaviour of a farming community with specific reference to Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). It fills a research gap by examining what people do with a medium when they have access to it, rather than looking at barriers surrounding the use of ICTs and digital divide issues arising due to differential access and capabilities. The study was conducted in a state in North India, and provides insights into intentions and factors surrounding the use of various media by farmers. It highlights the socio-cultural context within which information seeking and use occurs in rural India."