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Collecting and propagating local development content: Synthesis and conclusions

One of the strengths of new ICTs such as the Internet is the way they can help unlock distant expertise, knowledge and markets. However, this access - usually to foreign content with foreign perspectives - has its limitations. Easier access to globalised knowledge is fast turning us into ‘consumers’ of distant and potentially irrelevant information. More worrying perhaps, developing countries are being ‘invaded’ by foreign ideas and values that may undermine or overwhelm local cultural heritage and economic livelihoods. This report examines how local content in developing countries is created, adapted, and exchanged, and how it can be enhanced.

One of the strengths of new ICTs such as the Internet is the way they can help unlock distant expertise, knowledge and markets. However, this access - usually to foreign content with foreign perspectives - has its limitations. Easier access to globalised knowledge is fast turning us into ‘consumers’ of distant and potentially irrelevant information. More worrying perhaps, developing countries are being ‘invaded’ by foreign ideas and values that may undermine or overwhelm local cultural heritage and economic livelihoods. This report examines how local content in developing countries is created, adapted, and exchanged, and how it can be enhanced.

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