A pragmatic approach to development information to provide service on a wide scale

Abstract

The rapid technological growth in our time has produced an explosion of information. This, in tum, has spawned information systems based on the use of computers and automated systems. These mechanised devices with their seemingly infinite capacity to store and retrieve knowledge on command have myriad applications. But the use of computer and automated information devices pose serious problems to individuals, groups and societies on an inter­national scale in disseminating the available information. This is even more true in information flow between regions with high information capabilities than in those that have little or none. The information flow between these regions has been varied and frequently haphazard whenever it has existed. In this context the philosophy for development infor­mation speaks to interdependence and humanitarian con­cern in information flow to various regions of the earth. Information must be perceived as a universal entity. The initial failure of one region and the ability of another to acquire information should not dictate a permanent global de­marcation into 'developed and less developed' categories.