E-governance and social inclusion: Community e-centers in the Philippines

College

College of Liberal Arts

Department/Unit

Political Science

Document Type

Article

Source Title

E-Governance and Social Inclusion: Concepts and Cases

First Page

256

Last Page

270

Publication Date

5-31-2014

Abstract

This chapter presents a case study of community e-Centers in the Philippines. Developed as part of the pilot multi-purpose community centres program in the late 1990s and expanded as part of Philippine Development Plans, the centres were envisaged as local entry points for residents to access information and services, especially in rural areas of the country. The case study touches on the problems when content lags behind the provision of hard infrastructure, a problem associated with many e-government projects, especially in less-developed countries. © 2014, IGI Global.

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Digitial Object Identifier (DOI)

10.4018/978-1-4666-6106-6.ch016

Disciplines

Political Science | Public Administration | Science and Technology Policy

Keywords

Community information services--Philippines; Community centers--Philippines

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