Communications and Knowledge-Based Technologies For Sustainable Human Development

Guiding document for developing programme and projects involving multimedia information technologies in the delivery and wider outreach of programmes underpinning sustainable human development, especially to rural areas. It is envisaged that through pilot and other projects their feasibility and effectiveness can be demonstrated

Chapters cover:

• The information and knowledge revolutions-the advent and impact of generic technologies
• Telecommunications infrastructure: at the root of information poverty
• Multimedia services - the convergence of information technologies
• The Internet: potential implications
• Sectoral multimedia applications - the sustainable human development nexus
• International cooperation for communications development
• Implications for UNDP
• Priorities for immediate action