TOWARDS DIGITAL BANGLADESH: HEALTH SECTOR AS BRIDGING THE WIRED AND UNWIRED
Journal Title: European Journal of Business and Social Sciences - Year 2013, Vol 2, Issue 1
Abstract
The hype of Information Communication Technology (ICT) spread all over the whole world during the second half of the last century. With the advent of globalization, developing countries were more impacted by this hyperventilation of ICT. Then it was realized that ICT could be used to achieve development and economic growth. For a developing country like Bangladesh, ICT4D was found to be full of potentials in bridging the rural community with urban community in terms of providing equal health services, gaining economic development. Being deeply influenced by this wave of ICT4D, the incumbent government pronounced ‘Digital Bangladesh’ vision by 2021. Using the concepts of ‘topâ€down technocratic intervention’ and ‘bottomâ€up community activism’ of Mazzarella (2010), this article aims at postulating health sector as leading the pioneer role on the way to ‘Digital Bangladesh’ bridging the wired and unwired community. The article also investigates how ICT4D has bridged the digital divide between the rural and urban areas. Keywords: ICT4D, Digital Bangladesh, Digital Divide, Health Service, Rural & Urban Community, Empowerment.
Authors and Affiliations
Md. Koushik Ahmed, Deputy Program Coordinator| James P Grant School of Public Health, BRAC University Email: mdkoushikahmed@gmail.com, Mohammed Hossain Sarker, M&E Specialist and Researcher| (Corresponding Author) Institute for Policy, Advocacy and Governance, 148 Chandrashila Suvastu Tower, 69/1 Bir Uttam Qazi Nuruzzaman Road, Dhaka‐1205, Bangladesh T: 88 02 8621256‐9 F: 88 02 9663202 Email: moha_ho2000@yahoo.com, Syed Mohammad Aminur Rahman, Upazila Nirbahi Officer| (Senior Assistant Secretary), Baralekha, Moulbibazar Email: amin_magis@yahoo.com, Md. Reazul Haque, PhD, Associate Professor| Department of Development Studies, University of Dhaka Email: reaz.devstud@gmail.com
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