The Need for Community Informatics in Malaysia

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Author(s): Jayapragas Gnaniah (Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia), Peter Songan (Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia), Alvin W. Yeo (Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia), Hushairi Zen (Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia)and Khairuddin Ab. Hamid (Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia)
Copyright: 2005
Pages: 6
Source title: Encyclopedia of Developing Regional Communities with Information and Communication Technology
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Stewart Marshall (The University of the West Indies, Barbados), Wal Taylor (Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa)and Xinghuo Yu (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-575-7.ch091

Keywords: Global Information Technology / Government & Law / Information Science Reference / Urban & Regional Development

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The Malaysian government, through many initiatives, has seriously looked into reducing and if possible eliminating, the digital divide that exists between the developed urban and the technologically impoverished rural communities. The e-Bario Project, a successful research showcase of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, is one of the leading examples in Malaysia of such an attempt to bridge the digital gap and to achieve sustainable human development through the introduction of information and communication technologies (ICT). According to Harris, Bala, Songan, Khoo and Trang (2001), the World Bank had introduced a systematic approach to the application of ICT to meet the needs and bridge the digital divide of the rural community.

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