I’ve finally made a website for myself:
This is the first step in a list of things I’ve been meaning to do for a while, including moving this blog to a better platform, so stay tuned for changes!.
Incidentally, I’ve posted two of the papers I wrote about Bangalore and electronic governance in India for a class I took at Columbia. A few of you have asked to read them, so here they are. Please don’t steal my work; if you find it useful, let me know, and cite it somehow!
They’re linked from this page: Vijay’s developing world stuff.
In case you’re lazy, I’ve even included a summary of the papers, and a couple of direct links. Let me know what you think.
Information Technology (IT) has had a large transformative effect on many aspects of society — it excels at reducing overhead, increasing efficiency, replacing ad hoc human processes with structured electronic versions, and providing greater transparency. All of these problems plague government services in the developing world. India, as a leader in the IT service industry, has also been a pioneer in applying IT to governance. In this paper, we describe Electronic Governance (EGov), examine and evaluate some of India’s EGov systems and, using lessons learned, present some recommendations for future work.
This paper presents an overview of various aspects of Bangalore that have helped to shape its development, including its history, politics, governance, economics, as well as urban planning issues, highlighting areas with pressing policy questions requiring attention.
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