"This book critiques what the author sees as a growing global cult of information through three case studies examining Indian anti-poverty initiatives"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
Information, says Janaki Srinivasan, has fundamentally reshaped development discourse and practice. In this study, she examines the history of the idea of “information” and its political implications for poverty alleviation. She presents three cases in India—the circulation of price information in a fish market in Kerala, government information in information kiosks operated by a nonprofi…